Question

What is a Reject Error?

Options

• A poor candidate is wrongly hired; this is also a costly mistake.

• A good candidate is wrongly rejected; this is a costly mistake.

• A candidate predicted to succeed does perform well on the job.

• A candidate predicted to fail is correctly not hired.

Answer 1

A Reject Error happens when a good candidate is not selected. It is costly because the organisation loses a potentially successful employee.