The following statements describe certain characteristics of a certain

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The following statements describe certain characteristics of a certain pool of candidates for a position. Any candidate who did not meet the minimum qualifications for the position was immediately excluded from consideration. The two candidates who met the minimum qualifications for the position and met all of the desired qualifications also had multiple recommendations. All candidates who received a telephone interview also had extensive experience. All candidates who had extensive experience and impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview were invited to interview on-site. At least one candidate declined an invitation for an on-site interview, and exactly one candidate was interviewed on-site without receiving a telephone interview.

Consider the following incomplete sentence:

If any candidate _______1________, then that candidate _______2________.

Select for 1 and for 2 two different options that best complete the sentence such that it can be logically inferred from the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Consider the following incomplete sentence:

If any candidate  _______1________ , then that candidate  _______2________ .

Select for  1  and for  2  two different options that best complete the sentence such that it can be logically inferred from the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.

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KarishmaB · Accepted Answer

A Venn diagram will help you solve this question. This is how you will make it (as shown in the attachment)

Any candidate who did not meet the minimum qualifications for the position was immediately excluded from consideration. 
Makes sense. No need to note down.

The two candidates who met the minimum qualifications for the position and met all of the desired qualifications also had multiple recommendations.  
Note down

All candidates who received a telephone interview also had extensive experience. All candidates who had extensive experience and impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview were invited to interview on-site.  
Venn diagram since there are multiple relations in these variables. Tel Interview circle inside Ext Experience.
On site invite circle overlaps with Tel Interview circle.  (These people already have extensive exprience)

At least one candidate declined an invitation for an on-site interview, and exactly one candidate was interviewed on-site without receiving a telephone interview. 
Noted in the venn diagram.

If any candidate  _______1________ , then that candidate  _______2________ .
Since the Tel Interview circle lies inside the Ext Experience circle, anyone who impressed during the Tel interview also lies inside the Ext Experience circle. 
 ANSWER 1 - impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview
2 - had extensive experience

Here is a video on Overlapping Sets: https://youtu.be/HRnuURqGhmg

chetan2u · Answer

You could move straight to the options and substitute options in blank 1 to check whether any other option fits in 2.

1. did not meet the minimum qualifications
We know, any one who did not meet the minimum qualifications was immediately rejected. But we do not have the second part 'immediately rejected' in the options. Discard the option.

2. had multiple recommendations
The portion talking of mulitple recommendations, 'The two candidates who met the minimum qualifications for the position and met all of the desired qualifications also had multiple recommendations' does not really give us any way in which we can convert this along with the options available in If then sentence. Discard

3. had extensive experience
Now, extensive experience is spoken about at two places.
a. All candidates who received a telephone interview also had extensive experience.
b. All candidates who had extensive experience and impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview were invited to interview on-site.
 Now b could have just been written without 'who had extensive experience' as all candidates called for telephone interview had extensive experience, and a person could impress the interview team only if he was called.  
So, If any candidate had extensive experience, then X. Nothing would fit in X.
However point a above does tell us that : If any candidate was called for interview then  he had extensive experience. 
Thus, this option is a contender for Blank 2, if we have an appropriate option for Blank 1.

4. impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview
The above two points stand good for this option too. 
 Any cadidate who  impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview  would have surely been called for interview, and if he was called for interview, then he had extensive experience. 
Thus, this option fits in correctly for Blank 1.

5. impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview
If this option was not there, the question would be so much easier. We know those impressing hiring committee are  invited  for tele interview.
'Invited' is very cleverly left out by the test makers to make it a trap and trick you into marking a wrong answer.

Blank 1. impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview
Blank 2. had extensive experience

Abhivas · Answer

chetan2u   GMATNinja 
Sir,
 Please explain the solution

chetan2u · Answer

Another, great question from GMAT Focus edition on playing around with words to make a simple question into a tough one.

jaky_nguyen · Answer

For me, visualization helps!

Case 1  
Min ->+ X -> excluded
  ↓
+Desired
  ↓
Multiple recomms

Case 2

Call
↓
extensive exp
+ impress
↓
On-site   ← No Call 
↓
+ 1 declined

1 should be followed by 2
If
+1: X min, no option comes before 1
+1: multiple recommendations, 2 should be Min + desired, no options available
+1: extensive exp, 2 should be call, no options available
+1: impressed, 2 should extensive exp or call
+1:  Not any  on-site, 2 could be extensive exp + impress  because some have on-site without call

=> 1: impress, 2: extensive

Gemmie · Answer

If any candidate _______1________, then that candidate _______2________.

1: impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview
2: had extensive experience

All candidates who received a telephone interview also had extensive experience.

Those who impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview
=> must have received a telephone interview
=> had extensive experience

GMATLola · Answer

Hi  chetan2u   KarishmaB ,

Can't we say that If a candidate interviewed on site then they had multiple recommendations ?

chetan2u · Answer

Hi

There were two candidates who had multiple recommendation. We cannot be sure about others.

If you read the para, there is no link connecting multiple recommendations and interview on site..

Hitesh0701 · Answer

All candidates who received a telephone interview also had extensive experience.All candidates who had extensive experience and impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview were invited to interview on-site.
 Statement 1: If received telephone interview, then you had extensive experience.
If extensive experience and impressed during the telephone interview, then invited on site.

Here is the catch:
You can impress during the telephone interview only if you got the call for telephone interview.
 Statement 2: If impressed, then you got the call for telephone interview.

Let's combine both the statements:
If impressed---you got call for telephone interview--you had extensive experience.

Hence, If impressed---you had extensive experience.

Hope this helps.
Please let me know if i faltered anywhere..
 KarishmaB

squishyjelly · Answer

The correct answer makes sense to me, but I'm not sure why this answer also wouldn't work:

If any candidate (1) , then that candidate (2) .

1. impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview
2. interviewed on-site

Since the question states: "All candidates who received a telephone interview also had extensive experience." and: "All candidates who had extensive experience and impressed the hiring committee during the telephone interview were invited to interview on-site."
Would this answer not work in the question?

Would love to get some clarity here, thanks!

EDIT: I think I figured it out, but leaving it here if anyone else has a similar question. This isn't the answer because "At least one candidate declined an invitation for an on-site interview", which means that getting the invitation doesn't mean that they chose to interview on site.

KarishmaB · Answer

Correct. If it were "was invited to interview on-site" then it would have worked.

Pr4n · Answer

Took me a long time once I first saw this, but simply put just think as only 2 people had met the minimum criteria all other things are being said about those 2 people.

And the last sentence, makes it clear 1 person who was actually interview never came on site whereas other one came on site but was never interview over phone. See all the options now, it will be clear what works. But I had a hard time thinking about which one would fit column 1, unless I though about the fact the other candidate might also has extensive experience. But what makes the 1st candidate unique is the fact he was called over phone.

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