Lowkey confused with how you all see “grades”

New student here🙋

When we talk about grades, people say that work ethics, technical knowledge, willing to learn, etc are much more crucial to get a job. And I also heard something like “first class graduates cant answer basic questions” but somehow others can?

Genuinely, aren’t grades are evaluated through your knowledge, courseworks( which train your thinking skills and people skills in group) , and also test your deep thinking based on the concepts. Acing the test are not equal to having the knowledge in your field?

Please give me tips on how to get a good job after graduating. Honestly I’m a study-shutin type of person but when y’all say that we should focus elsewhere Im kinda dissapointed but ofc I have to change myself . But how do I start to do that. My goal is to have a job, sounds simple but Ik its not. Thank you