How to Write a Job Description with AI Quiz

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1. What did the 2011 study by Gaucher, Friesen and Kay find about job ad wording?
   • Longer ads attracted more applicants of every gender
   • Ads with emoji received more applications
   • Ads with more masculine-coded words seemed less appealing to women
   • Job titles had no effect on who applied
2. Which phrase does the guide identify as possibly signaling an age preference?
   • 'Digital native'
   • 'Customer Support Specialist'
   • 'Salary range: $52,000 to $60,000'
   • 'Remote within the United States'
3. Why does the guide recommend keeping must-have requirements short?
   • Job boards limit postings to five bullet points
   • Short lists rank higher in all search engines
   • Legal rules ban more than five requirements
   • Unnecessary must-haves can discourage capable people from applying
4. Which jurisdictions does the guide name as requiring salary ranges in job postings?
   • Only the federal government
   • Colorado, New York City, California and Washington
   • Only Maryland
   • No US jurisdictions
5. What does the Amazon recruiting tool reported by Reuters in 2018 show?
   • AI tools are always neutral
   • Recruiting tools cannot read resumes
   • Models trained on historical data can learn and repeat bias
   • Keyword filters improve diversity
6. When should physical requirements, such as lifting, appear in a posting?
   • Only when they are essential functions of the job
   • Always, as a standard precaution
   • Never, under any circumstances
   • Only in postings for remote roles
7. What does schema.org JobPosting structured data help with?
   • Encrypting applicant data
   • Automatically screening resumes
   • Replacing the equal-opportunity statement
   • Helping Google show the listing in its job search features, with details such as pay and location
8. According to the guide, what is the best input to give an AI model when drafting a job description?
   • The previous posting for the same role, unchanged
   • A structured intake with outcomes, team, pay range and a draft requirement list to justify
   • Just the job title
   • A competitor's posting to copy