Schikler's supervisor is 10
10's supervisor is 6
6's supervisor is 14

That's it. Schikler has only 3 supervisors. So, NO.

Schikler's supervisor is 10.
10's supervisor is 6.
6's supervisor is 14. That's it.

Schikler has only 3 supervisors.

So, NO.

O'Neil : 8 <-- 11 <-- 4 <-- 9 <-- 1 <-- 6 <-- 14. Total 6 supervisors and he is supervisor of none so YES.
Patel : 7 <-- 3 <-- 1 <-- 6 <-- 14. Total 4 Supervisors, so NO.
Schickler 2 <-- 10 <-- 6 <-- 14. Total 3 Supervisors, so NO.

Got this wrong as well. This is how i think its done:

- O'Neill:
-- First check: supervises no one: 8 (i.e. O'Neill's emp ID) is not present in column 5 -- condition 1 satisfied, now check 2
-- Second check: O'Neill's supervisors (following the supervisor employee IDs mentioned in the last column): 11 >> 4 >> 9 >> 1 >> 6 >> 14 (read as "No.11 supervises O'Neill, 4 supervises 9, 1 supervises 9, and so on) - 14 doesn't count has no.14 is not in HR so 11,4,9,1,6 = 5 supervisors -- check 2 satisfied hence "Yes"

- Patel:
-- First check: Patel's employee ID (i.e. 7) does not feature in column 5 -- cond 1 satisfied, check 2
-- Second check: same as before naming supervisor employee IDs for patel: 3 >> 1 >> 6 >> 14 therefore 4 supervisors -- cond. 2 not satisfied hence "No"

- Schickler:
-- First check: schickler's employee ID does not feature in column 5 -- cond 1 satisfied, check 2
-- Second check: same as before naming supervisor employee IDs for schickler: 10 >> 6 >> 14 therefor 2 supervisors -- cond. 2 no satisfied hence "No"

Surprisingly we dont need to use the hire data here. Any other thoughts?

In order for the answer to be [yes] then both statements for an individual must be true: They have no direct report and that they have 5 or more supervisors.

The first question: "Do they have a direct report?" can be determined by looking in the Supervisor Id list. If an employee's Id is listed in this column than they have a direct report. We can quickly determine that none of the 3 employees in question are listed. Therefore none of them have a direct report and therefore pass this first question.

The second question: "Do they have at least 5 supervisors in total". The question tells us that if A supervises B and B supervises C then A also supervises C. In which case C would have 2 supervisors.

ONeil(id=8) is supervised by 11 who is supervised by 4 who is supervised by 9 who is supervised by 1 who is supervised by 6 who is supervised by 14 who has no supervisor listed. I.E

Oneil:11->4->9->1->6->14 added together : 6 supervisors in total. Mark "Yes"

Patel(id=7): 3->1->6->14 added together: 4 Mark "No"
Schickler(id=2) 10->6->14 added together: 3 Mark "No"

Yes,No, No

All of them doesn't supervise anyone and only O'Neill has 6 supervisors above him so for him answer is yes,while for the other two the number is less than 5

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Where is it mentioned in the question that there must be at-least '5' supervisors ? The question says 'S' supervisors.

Kindly edit. Bunuel SajjadAhmad chetan2u

has at least S. -> what is S here?

Hi guys!
The question originally asks for at AT LEAST 5

For each of the following, select ‘yes’ if it identifies an employee who, within the HR dept., supervises no one......
1) within the HR corresponds to that employee being in HR
Or
2) within the HR corresponds to the ones he supervises

I know, not very important here but can be tricky if multiple depts. present

Pls help

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They are all in the HR department of the company. It is a useless specification the one given

Agree. But as previously mentioned, if multiple dept. present then it could be of significance. Any thoughts with that in context ??

The stimulus of the passage gives a situation that is solely based on the HR department.
The question stem asks us something that is strictly related to the HR department.
We were given one set of data, and we are asked about that only set of data given. No external information has to be added, never!

If we needed information related to other departments to draw a conclusion or answer a question, we would have been given it. We are in IR, not CR; just read the information and answer trying to squeeze that information as good as you can.