Modern Engineering is an engineering firm with approximately $500$ engineers of different types. The

company keeps records on al employees their skills, assigned projects or initiatives and the departments

they work in$.$ New employees are hired by the personnel manager based on data in an application form

and evaluations collected from other managers which interview and rank the job candidates.

Prospective employees may apply at any time. Engineering managers notify the personnel manager

when a job opens and list the characteristics necessary to be eligible for the job. The personnel manager

compares the qualifications of the available pool of candidates with the characteristics of the open

position and then schedules interviews between the manager in charge of the open positions and the

three best candidates from the pool. After receiving evaluations on each interview from the manager,

the personnel manager will do the same with at least two other managers. After receiving all of the

evaluations, the personnel manager makes the hiring decision based on the information provided and

then contacts the hiring manager with the decision. The decision includes the ranking of the

interviewees. The personnel and hiring manager need to agree on the ranking which may result in a

reassessment until agreement is reached. Applications of the unsuccessful applications are retained for

one year. If the lead candidate does not accept the job, the personnel manager will process to the next

highest$-$ranking candidate. When hired, the new engineer completes a nondisclosure agreement, which

is filed with the other information about the employee