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Seems like this question is assuming using personality test to match for a mentor is not random, which imo is a bit ambiguous.
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Human resources director:­ In the past, mentorship at my company was informal. But our new mentor program pairs an employee seeking mentorship with a manager or executive who has volunteered to mentor for a certain length of time. It has also been proposed that we use a personality test to better match employees with mentors, but I have decided against this, for in my judgement it would reduce participation in the program. 

Which of the following, if true, would provide the best justification for the human resources director's decision?

A - Employees at all levels are more likely to participate in mentoring programs if those programs are organized on a formal basis
B - Informal mentoring arrangements at the human resources director's company have helped many employees become more productive
C - A potential mentor is less likely to regard another employee as a competitor if that person has been randomly assigned to the mentor
D - Managers and executives are more likely to volunteer as mentors if they observe their peers doing so
E - Personality tests are required as part of the pre-employment screening process at the human resource director's company 

KarishmaB Requesting your take on this question. Even though I picked C but I am struggling to see a valid and strong reason to eliminate E.

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I honestly struggle to understand this. I had chosen E but clearly got it wrong. Why is C the correct answer? I don’t get the logic behind this. Thank you

­Conclusion is : use a personality test is not feasible, due to lower participation.
So, we should foucs on how to strengthen this claim, C means that random assignment ---> less likely to be regarded as competitor ---> more participation.
If you think your student is one of a competitor of you, would you like to give him your lessons or some experience?
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Jammy88 wrote:
I honestly struggle to understand this. I had chosen E but clearly got it wrong. Why is C the correct answer? I don’t get the logic behind this. Thank you

­Conclusion is : use a personality test is not feasible, due to lower participation.
So, we should foucs on how to strengthen this claim, C means that random assignment ---> less likely to be regarded as competitor ---> more participation.
If you think your student is one of a competitor of you, would you like to give him your lessons or some experience?

That's exactly why I went with C. But I find E a strong option too. Would you like to share your reasoning for eliminating E ?

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Jammy88 wrote:
I honestly struggle to understand this. I had chosen E but clearly got it wrong. Why is C the correct answer? I don’t get the logic behind this. Thank you

­Conclusion is : use a personality test is not feasible, due to lower participation.
So, we should foucs on how to strengthen this claim, C means that random assignment ---> less likely to be regarded as competitor ---> more participation.
If you think your student is one of a competitor of you, would you like to give him your lessons or some experience?

That's exactly why I went with C. But I find E a strong option too. Would you like to share your reasoning for eliminating E ?

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­I think to solve this problem, we need to focus on the conclusion, focus on the relationship between using personality test for mentorship and participation. E is about this test and pre-employment screening process, so it is unrelated. 
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MartyMurray , Can you please provide your explanation for this question ?

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­Summary : HR is organizing a formal mentorship program ( earlier it was informal - i.e not organized formally ). But in it's ( programmes's ) current form HR Director rejected the idea of personality matching.

We have to find out the rationale behind our HR's decision :
What could be possible reason ?
It could be that people choose mentors with different personality cuz they can learn more about conflict resolution.
It could be that Mentors may not choose mentees with similar personality trait due to some psycological factors
etc. etc.
(we can home in on the ans if we can find a similar logic)

The Best option that matches this line of thinking is:

It could be that Mentors see Mentees with similar personality trait as competition. Option C Correct.


Jammy88 We can check the other options specially E

A - Employees at all levels are more likely to participate in mentoring programs if those programs are organized on a formal basis
we know that the process will be formal now, but it doesnot explain the HR's rational about personality matching
B - Informal mentoring arrangements at the human resources director's company have helped many employees become more productive
it provides support for informal mentorship, we are concerned with HR's rationale
D - Managers and executives are more likely to volunteer as mentors if they observe their peers doing so
It doesn't explain how personlaity matching will affect the participation ( it brings another dynamics into play )
E - Personality tests are required as part of the pre-employment screening process at the human resource director's company
That would mean we already have the test results from pre-employment screening , we may not need a new test and we can simply use the old test result for matching the Mentors and Mentees.
But why does the HR manager think that Personality matching part of the programme will reduce participation ?
HR is not judging wheather or not a personality test / re-test is needed. 
HR is judging wheather a personality matching is needed.
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