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A multinational corporation recently adopted an artificial intelligence (AI) system to streamline its hiring process. The AI reduced the average hiring time by 30% and cut administrative costs by 25%. However, an independent audit found that the AI system rejected 18% more candidates from underrepresented backgrounds compared to the previous manual process. Despite this, the company’s leadership stated that overall employee diversity remained unchanged after a full year of AI-assisted hiring. Meanwhile, internal reports showed that employee turnover increased by 15% in the same period, particularly among mid-level managers.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
(A) The AI system’s rejection of underrepresented candidates did not significantly affect overall diversity at the company.
(B) The AI system is responsible for the increase in employee turnover, particularly among mid-level managers.
(C) The reduction in hiring time directly led to cost savings for the company.
(D) The AI system improved efficiency but resulted in unintended biases that harmed the company’s diversity efforts.
(E) Without the AI system, the company’s employee turnover rate would not have increased.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
(A) The AI system’s rejection of underrepresented candidates did not significantly affect overall diversity at the company.
(B) The AI system is responsible for the increase in employee turnover, particularly among mid-level managers.
(C) The reduction in hiring time directly led to cost savings for the company.
(D) The AI system improved efficiency but resulted in unintended biases that harmed the company’s diversity efforts.
(E) Without the AI system, the company’s employee turnover rate would not have increased.
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✅ Correct Answer: (A) The AI system’s rejection of underrepresented candidates did not significantly affect overall diversity at the company.
Explanation:
The passage states that the AI rejected 18% more underrepresented candidates than before.
However, the company’s leadership confirmed that overall diversity remained unchanged after a full year.
This means that despite the AI rejecting more underrepresented candidates, the overall diversity numbers did not significantly shift—likely because other hiring factors balanced it out.
❌ Why the other options are wrong?
(B) Turnover increased, but no direct link to AI hiring was established. It could be due to other reasons.
(C) Hiring time and cost savings were both mentioned, but we don’t know if one directly caused the other.
(D) The AI showed bias, but since diversity remained the same, the harm to diversity efforts is unclear.
(E) No evidence suggests that turnover wouldn’t have increased without AI. There could be other factors at play.
Explanation:
The passage states that the AI rejected 18% more underrepresented candidates than before.
However, the company’s leadership confirmed that overall diversity remained unchanged after a full year.
This means that despite the AI rejecting more underrepresented candidates, the overall diversity numbers did not significantly shift—likely because other hiring factors balanced it out.
❌ Why the other options are wrong?
(B) Turnover increased, but no direct link to AI hiring was established. It could be due to other reasons.
(C) Hiring time and cost savings were both mentioned, but we don’t know if one directly caused the other.
(D) The AI showed bias, but since diversity remained the same, the harm to diversity efforts is unclear.
(E) No evidence suggests that turnover wouldn’t have increased without AI. There could be other factors at play.
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