Emotional intelligence is defined as an ability, not a tendency, but a capacity. It has four components: perceive, use, understand, manage. Peter salvay took the mesquite test to see how well he scored on each of these domains. He came out slightly above average and was very self-reflective in his answers.
Can you quantify emotional intelligence? Who should you hire — someone smart, or someone good with people? And how did Angie do on an online emotional intelligence test?