CRSP CRSP Recruitment Metrics & Analytics 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which metric measures the average number of days from job requisition approval to a candidate accepting an offer?
- Time-to-fill (Correct answer)
- Time-to-hire
- Cost-per-hire
- Offer acceptance rate
Correct answer: Time-to-fill
Time-to-fill measures the total days from when a requisition is opened to when an offer is accepted.
Question 2: A recruiter fills 40 positions and 32 of those new hires remain with the company after 12 months. What is the first-year retention rate?
- 75%
- 80% (Correct answer)
- 85%
- 90%
Correct answer: 80%
32 ÷ 40 = 0.80, so the first-year retention rate is 80%.
Question 3: Which recruitment funnel metric indicates the percentage of applicants who advance from screening to an interview stage?
- Offer acceptance rate
- Candidate conversion rate (Correct answer)
- Quality-of-hire index
- Sourcing channel effectiveness
Correct answer: Candidate conversion rate
Candidate conversion rate tracks the proportion of candidates who move from one pipeline stage to the next.
Question 4: What does a high cost-per-hire primarily indicate when compared against industry benchmarks?
- The company offers above-market salaries
- Recruitment processes may be inefficient or sourcing channels are costly (Correct answer)
- Candidates have high quality credentials
- The ATS is performing well
Correct answer: Recruitment processes may be inefficient or sourcing channels are costly
A high cost-per-hire relative to benchmarks suggests inefficiencies in sourcing, selection, or vendor spend.
Question 5: Which data visualization tool is most commonly used to track recruiter productivity and pipeline health across multiple requisitions?
- Scatter plot
- Recruitment dashboard (Correct answer)
- Histogram
- Control chart
Correct answer: Recruitment dashboard
A recruitment dashboard consolidates KPIs like open requisitions, stage progression, and time-to-fill in one view.
Question 6: In recruitment analytics, what does 'quality-of-hire' typically combine to produce a composite score?
- Job title level and salary grade
- Performance rating, retention, and ramp-up time (Correct answer)
- Resume score and interview rating only
- Number of applications and offer acceptance rate
Correct answer: Performance rating, retention, and ramp-up time
Quality-of-hire is typically a composite of new hire performance ratings, retention, and time-to-productivity.
CRSP CRSP Recruitment Metrics & Analytics 1
Which metric measures the average number of days from job requisition approval to a candidate accepting an offer?