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Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by Balgair on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @05:47PM (#15596882)
BTW, this is a 'solved' problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem
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Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by jazzdev on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @06:58PM (#15597375)
The optimal solution only picks the best candidate 37% of the time.
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Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by Balgair on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @08:15PM (#15597901)
That was not my reading of it. To me, given a large enough pool (~20+), you can statistically assume you'll get a top 10% candidate with this method, at least that is what i read.

Still, this method at least has some structure to it. As opposed to the anecdotes that the rest of the thread is.

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