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Let’s say we’re running a recruiting process with 5,000 applicants. There are two steps: a first round interview and a second round interview. The first round interview (20 minutes long) has a pass rate of 50% and the second round interview (5 minutes long) has a pass rate of 20%. How many applicants will make it to the end of the process? Are there any optimizations to this recruiting process you can think of that would help to save time?
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Technical Project Manager

Interviewed at Mercor

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May 24, 2025

Let’s say we’re running a recruiting process with 5,000 applicants. There are two steps: a first round interview and a second round interview. The first round interview (20 minutes long) has a pass rate of 50% and the second round interview (5 minutes long) has a pass rate of 20%. How many applicants will make it to the end of the process? Are there any optimizations to this recruiting process you can think of that would help to save time?

Q2 (5m) There are twenty applicants and we outsource phone screens to two vendors: Vendor A: $6 per screen, 100% of screen results returned to client within 24 h Vendor B: $4 per screen, 80% of screen results returned to client within 24 h We need at least 90% returned within 24 h. What is the cheapest mix of the two vendors that still meets the 90% threshold? How many applicants would you send to Vendor A and how many applicants would you send to Vendor B? What is the total cost?
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Technical Program Manager

Interviewed at Mercor

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Sep 2, 2025

Q2 (5m) There are twenty applicants and we outsource phone screens to two vendors: Vendor A: $6 per screen, 100% of screen results returned to client within 24 h Vendor B: $4 per screen, 80% of screen results returned to client within 24 h We need at least 90% returned within 24 h. What is the cheapest mix of the two vendors that still meets the 90% threshold? How many applicants would you send to Vendor A and how many applicants would you send to Vendor B? What is the total cost?

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