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Exhibit 1 Exhibit 2. Background information on the candidates Associate Manager for Product Development C. The Associate Manager for Product Development works with the new product development team to determine ongoing demands for new products in the software market, facilitating basic research into programming and various driver technologies, and determining the overall market for new programs. Eventually, the Associate Manager will also work with the marketing team to help bring new products to consumers. The individual who takes this job must have some basic knowledge of programming, operating system characteristics, and marketing with strong knowledge of at least one of these topics. This job requires very extensive work with others from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. Because of the competitive nature of the marketplace, long hours and high stress tolerance are critical. Typical work activities for Associate Managers include: 1. Max Payne a. Age 25 b. Education: B.A. in Mathematics and B.S. in Computer Science from UCLA. Current employer: Bungie d. Company tenure: 4 years Tenure in position: 2 years f. Current job title: Assistant Director of Software Development g References work history: Payne is currently pursuing an MBA from UCLA in an effort to move to a more managerial track. However, his highly motivated personality occasionally causes conflicts with his coworkers. 1. Maintaining budgets related to new product development 2. Developing schedules for multiple projects 3 Conducting market research on consumer demand for new software 4. Acquiring copyrights and trademarks for logos, characters, names, etc. 5. Reading and interpreting technical reports on programmers' progress 6. Conducting feasibility studies for the cost of developing software technology 7. Contacting consumer agencies during the research process to describe findings %. Coordinating beta tests with consumers and other researchers 9. Coordinating new product marketing with advertising and marketing teams 2. Samantha Fisher a. Age 38 b. Education: B.S. in Computer Engineering and M.S. in Computer Science from MIT Current employer: Mcrosoft d. Company tenure: 11 years Tenure in position: 1 year f. Curr Current job title: Senior research manager g. References work history: Fisher's recent promotion was due to her outstanding research on driver technology. The reason she was not promoted sooner was due to her low scoring in certain areas of her personality, a. 3. Caesar Caspara Age 49 b. Education: B.S. in Marketing from University of Michigan, MBA from Stanford C Current employer: Gonerd Inc. d. Company tenure: 20 years Tenure in position: 9 years f. Current job title: Associate Software Developer g. References work history: History of good performance appraisals. Eight years ago, Caspara suffered from minor depression and an eating disorder, was granted two months leave at half salary. No relapses. 4. Deirdre Skye a. Age 30 b. Education: B.A. in Computer Science and B.S. in Mass Communications from New York University Current employer: Gonerd Inc. d. Company tenure: 6 6 years e Tenure in position: 6 years f. Current job title: Marketing Manager for New Products team References work history: Seeking a vertical transfer that will allow her to expand her skills in product development. C 9 + Scores on employee suitability exams Wonderlia Extroversion Job knowledge Personnel Exam test Payne, Max 38 35 90% Fisher, Samantha 34 16 81% Caspara. Caesar 26 27 72% Skye, Deirdre 30 35 87% Meier, Sid 32 21 96% Lambert, Mchael 30 14 Zakarov Mkail. 31 34 92% Shepherd, Sam 29 30 91% The Wonderlic is a test of cognitive skill for the workplace and is scored from 1-4 ith an average overall population score of 20. The extroversion scale ranges from 1-40, with an average population score for the extroversion scale of 22 The job knowledge test is based on the percent correct on the overall test. g 5. Sid Meier a. Age 45 b. Education: B.S. in Computer Information Science, University of Mami c. Current employer: Dark Horse Games d. Company tenure: 20 years Tenure in position: 5 years f. Current job title: Vice president for Product Development References work history: One of the founders of a small computer gaming company called Dark Horse Games, Meier supervised development of several successful RPG's as well as a few first-person shooter games now in the beta test stage. 6. Mchael Lambert a. Age 56 b. Education: B.S. in Computer Engineering and MBA from Berkley C. Current employer: Gonerd Inc. d. Company tenure: 25 years e. Tenure in position: 7 years f. Current job title: Senior Software Development Engineer g. References work history: Consistently positive performance evaluations. Lambert recently earned his MBA in the hope that he would be promoted to a more managerial position. 7. Mkail.Zakarov a. Age 52 b. Education: B.A. in Computer Science and MS in Computer Engineering from Caltech c. Current employer: Gonerd Inc d. Company tenure: 23 years Tenure in position: 7 years Current job title: Senior Software Architect g References work history: Has produced exemplary work in programming and software construction while with Gonerd, Has requested several times to be transferred to a position involving more market interaction, citing his personality scores, but has been denied on the basis that he has no formal training in that area. Human Scores on employee interviews Manager for Vice President for Associate Associate Product Manager for Manager for Development Resources Research Marketing Payne, Max 34 34 27 33 20 33 Fisher, Samantha 25 35 23 20 24 21 Caspara. Caesar 20 31 23 34 Skye, Deirdre 31 32 25 27 25 Meier, Sid 32 35 22 21 Lambert, Michael 28 29 24 31 Zakarov, Mkail 24 28 27 24 Shepherd, Sam 35 22 17 33 Interview ratings are from a semi-structured interview. There were five main questions for each interviewer with seven points per question, so each interview score ranges from 5-35. e f 1. Top Four Choices: 1. 8. Sam Shepherd Age 33 b d e. f. Education: B.A. in Marketing and B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Florida Current employer: Dark Horse Games Company tenure: 5 years Tenure in position: 2 years Current job title: Assistant Director of Development, New Products division g. References work history: In his brief time with the company, Shepherd has consistently shown superior knowledge of and reaction to market trends, giving Dark Horse the occasional edge on much larger competitors. 2. List what information you used in arriving at this decision so that it is clear why some candidates were ranked higher than others. 3. Describe additional information that you would like to have prior to making a final decision. Exhibit 1 Exhibit 2. Background information on the candidates Associate Manager for Product Development C. The Associate Manager for Product Development works with the new product development team to determine ongoing demands for new products in the software market, facilitating basic research into programming and various driver technologies, and determining the overall market for new programs. Eventually, the Associate Manager will also work with the marketing team to help bring new products to consumers. The individual who takes this job must have some basic knowledge of programming, operating system characteristics, and marketing with strong knowledge of at least one of these topics. This job requires very extensive work with others from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. Because of the competitive nature of the marketplace, long hours and high stress tolerance are critical. Typical work activities for Associate Managers include: 1. Max Payne a. Age 25 b. Education: B.A. in Mathematics and B.S. in Computer Science from UCLA. Current employer: Bungie d. Company tenure: 4 years Tenure in position: 2 years f. Current job title: Assistant Director of Software Development g References work history: Payne is currently pursuing an MBA from UCLA in an effort to move to a more managerial track. However, his highly motivated personality occasionally causes conflicts with his coworkers. 1. Maintaining budgets related to new product development 2. Developing schedules for multiple projects 3 Conducting market research on consumer demand for new software 4. Acquiring copyrights and trademarks for logos, characters, names, etc. 5. Reading and interpreting technical reports on programmers' progress 6. Conducting feasibility studies for the cost of developing software technology 7. Contacting consumer agencies during the research process to describe findings %. Coordinating beta tests with consumers and other researchers 9. Coordinating new product marketing with advertising and marketing teams 2. Samantha Fisher a. Age 38 b. Education: B.S. in Computer Engineering and M.S. in Computer Science from MIT Current employer: Mcrosoft d. Company tenure: 11 years Tenure in position: 1 year f. Curr Current job title: Senior research manager g. References work history: Fisher's recent promotion was due to her outstanding research on driver technology. The reason she was not promoted sooner was due to her low scoring in certain areas of her personality, a. 3. Caesar Caspara Age 49 b. Education: B.S. in Marketing from University of Michigan, MBA from Stanford C Current employer: Gonerd Inc. d. Company tenure: 20 years Tenure in position: 9 years f. Current job title: Associate Software Developer g. References work history: History of good performance appraisals. Eight years ago, Caspara suffered from minor depression and an eating disorder, was granted two months leave at half salary. No relapses. 4. Deirdre Skye a. Age 30 b. Education: B.A. in Computer Science and B.S. in Mass Communications from New York University Current employer: Gonerd Inc. d. Company tenure: 6 6 years e Tenure in position: 6 years f. Current job title: Marketing Manager for New Products team References work history: Seeking a vertical transfer that will allow her to expand her skills in product development. C 9 + Scores on employee suitability exams Wonderlia Extroversion Job knowledge Personnel Exam test Payne, Max 38 35 90% Fisher, Samantha 34 16 81% Caspara. Caesar 26 27 72% Skye, Deirdre 30 35 87% Meier, Sid 32 21 96% Lambert, Mchael 30 14 Zakarov Mkail. 31 34 92% Shepherd, Sam 29 30 91% The Wonderlic is a test of cognitive skill for the workplace and is scored from 1-4 ith an average overall population score of 20. The extroversion scale ranges from 1-40, with an average population score for the extroversion scale of 22 The job knowledge test is based on the percent correct on the overall test. g 5. Sid Meier a. Age 45 b. Education: B.S. in Computer Information Science, University of Mami c. Current employer: Dark Horse Games d. Company tenure: 20 years Tenure in position: 5 years f. Current job title: Vice president for Product Development References work history: One of the founders of a small computer gaming company called Dark Horse Games, Meier supervised development of several successful RPG's as well as a few first-person shooter games now in the beta test stage. 6. Mchael Lambert a. Age 56 b. Education: B.S. in Computer Engineering and MBA from Berkley C. Current employer: Gonerd Inc. d. Company tenure: 25 years e. Tenure in position: 7 years f. Current job title: Senior Software Development Engineer g. References work history: Consistently positive performance evaluations. Lambert recently earned his MBA in the hope that he would be promoted to a more managerial position. 7. Mkail.Zakarov a. Age 52 b. Education: B.A. in Computer Science and MS in Computer Engineering from Caltech c. Current employer: Gonerd Inc d. Company tenure: 23 years Tenure in position: 7 years Current job title: Senior Software Architect g References work history: Has produced exemplary work in programming and software construction while with Gonerd, Has requested several times to be transferred to a position involving more market interaction, citing his personality scores, but has been denied on the basis that he has no formal training in that area. Human Scores on employee interviews Manager for Vice President for Associate Associate Product Manager for Manager for Development Resources Research Marketing Payne, Max 34 34 27 33 20 33 Fisher, Samantha 25 35 23 20 24 21 Caspara. Caesar 20 31 23 34 Skye, Deirdre 31 32 25 27 25 Meier, Sid 32 35 22 21 Lambert, Michael 28 29 24 31 Zakarov, Mkail 24 28 27 24 Shepherd, Sam 35 22 17 33 Interview ratings are from a semi-structured interview. There were five main questions for each interviewer with seven points per question, so each interview score ranges from 5-35. e f 1. Top Four Choices: 1. 8. Sam Shepherd Age 33 b d e. f. Education: B.A. in Marketing and B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Florida Current employer: Dark Horse Games Company tenure: 5 years Tenure in position: 2 years Current job title: Assistant Director of Development, New Products division g. References work history: In his brief time with the company, Shepherd has consistently shown superior knowledge of and reaction to market trends, giving Dark Horse the occasional edge on much larger competitors. 2. List what information you used in arriving at this decision so that it is clear why some candidates were ranked higher than others. 3. Describe additional information that you would like to have prior to making a final decision