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Merit Appeals Board <br />December 2, 2021 <br />CHR. CABANAS: I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you, Mel. Could you repeat the question to Lee, <br />please? <br />MR. VENTURA: Oh, I'm sorry. Does the exam score or how well a person does on the exam, <br />does that carry a standard weight in the applicant's evaluation or is it just considered among a <br />variety of other things? <br />MS. BOTELHO: Okay. The outcome of the exam, basically, establishes where that applicant is <br />going to rank on the list. In our Rules provide for the referral of five the top five applicants <br />for—plus tied scores whenever a department requesubmits a Request to Fill their vacancy. <br />The department head does have the option to request additional names—and we're talking about <br />open -competitive recruitments where the top five scores or applicants plus tie scores are referred. <br />So that the outcome from the written exam is going to establish who gets referred to a <br />department first. <br />So, maybe the first person the top scoring person on the eligible list might get referred to <br />several departments because we're always going to refer the top five eligible applicants and then <br />if there are any people with tied scores. <br />So, it gives them a slight advantage I would say based on their ranking. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay. Can I just interject a little bit just for clarification. So, when you say <br />referring the top five because I want to just piggyback on Mr. Ventura's question just so that <br />everybody understands this process now. <br />The referral is based on the top five names based on the applicants availability, right, for a <br />particular district. Could you explain to <br />MS. BOTELHO: Correct. <br />CHR. CABANAS: the Board, Lee, please <br />MS. BOTELHO: Okay. <br />CHR. CABANAS: so they understand that. <br />MS. BOTELHO: Okay. Yes, correct. I did leave that piece out. So, again <br />MR. LEOPOLDINO: Can I inter—before we go on to that. I, kind of, want just quickly answer <br />Mr. Ventura's question. <br />So, the departments do not get the rank the score, the written exam score. So, it's not played <br />into the selection of the applicant. It's only used to place the person on the eligible list. And <br />then, now Lee can go into the other factors. <br />Page 18 <br />