Yield Ratio in recruitment analytics is best described as?

• A. A metric that measures the effectiveness of a specific stage in the recruiting process.
• B. A metric for compensation benchmarking.
• C. A metric for diversity index.
• D. A metric for onboarding satisfaction.

Answer: (A)

The concept being tested is how yield ratio is defined and used in recruitment analytics. Yield ratio measures how effective a specific stage of the recruiting process is at moving candidates to the next stage. It looks at the conversion from entering a stage to advancing to the next one—for example, the proportion of applicants who pass screening and are invited to interview, or the proportion of interviewees who receive offers. By tracking this ratio, you can spot bottlenecks in particular stages and target improvements, such as refining screening criteria, adjusting job ads to attract better-matched candidates, or increasing interview capacity to reduce drop-offs. This isn’t about compensation benchmarks, diversity indices, or onboarding satisfaction, which are separate metrics with different purposes.