Question

16000 candidates applies for a job . out of which 10% were shortlisted for the final round of interview. if 15% of the candidates who appeared for final round of interview were selected for the job , find the number of candidates who got the job.

Answer 1

total no. of candidates shortlisted for interview=
$16000 \times 10 \div 100 = \\ 1600$
now 1600 candidates are selected for final round.

given,15%of selected candidates got job

thus
$1600 \times 15 \div 100 = \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: 240$
so out of 16000 only 240 candidates got job