Employee referrals are a vital source of recruitment for an organization. If the programming department of an IT company has an opening and it has asked all its employees to refer a suitable candidate. 6 employees have recommended one employee each, ie, a total of 6 candidates are available to vie for that job. All these job applicants have recently earned degrees in computer sciences from universities enjoying similar reputation in the market and also no marked difference in their CGPAs. You may call it coincidence but it happens so; that all of them are through the selection process and there is a tie in their final scores. There is only one position and as an HR manager you have to chose one of them. Which employee you will chose for that slot and why?

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Employee referrals are a vital source of recruitment for an organization. If the programming
department of an IT company has an opening and it has asked all its employees to refer a
suitable candidate. 6 employees have recommended one employee each, ie, a total of 6
candidates are available to vie for that job. All these job applicants have recently earned degrees
in computer sciences from universities enjoying similar reputation in the market and also no
marked difference in their CGPAs. You may call it coincidence but it happens so; that all of them
are through the selection process and there is a tie in their final scores. There is only one
position and as an HR manager you have to chose one of them. Which employee you will chose
for that slot and why?

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