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A recent study, published by the California Bureau of Employment, found that people who sent in resumes with “ethnic-sounding” names had a much more difficult time getting called back from employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but “white-sounding” names.

employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but “white-sounding” names.

employers as those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with “white-sounding” names.

employers than those who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but “white-sounding” names.

employers than those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with “white-sounding” names.

employers than people did who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but with “white-sounding” names.

perwinsharma · Answer

Hi

Noe that this a comparison and parallelism question.
In a comparison question, 'x' more than 'y' is the correct form.
In parallelism, 'x' and 'y' should have the same structure.

A) uses 'more........as' which is wrong.
B) uses 'more.........as' which is wrong
C) it says 'who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but “white-sounding” names'.....misses the parallel structure because of the word 'with'
D) 'those' - ambiguous as we can't say whether it refers to employers or those who send in the applications
E) Correct

Praveen Sharma
Wizius Careers
Gurgaon
India
https://www.facebook.com/wiziuscareergmat/

theCodeToGMAT · Answer

shibsriz@gmail.com wrote:A recent study, published by the California Bureau of Employment, found that people who sent in resumes with “ethnic-sounding” names had a much more difficult time getting called back from employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but “white-sounding” names. employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but “white-sounding” names. --> we need "than" employers as those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with “white-sounding” names. --> we need "than" employers than those who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but “white-sounding” names. --> We need "with" to maintain the parallelism with "with “ethnic-sounding” names" employers than those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with “white-sounding” names. --> We don't need "did"; it breaks the parallelism with "who sent in resumes" employers than people did who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but with “white-sounding” names.

GMATGuruNY · Answer

shibsriz@gmail.com wrote:A recent study, published by the California Bureau of Employment, found that people who sent in resumes with “ethnic-sounding” names had a much more difficult time getting called back from employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but “white-sounding” names. employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but “white-sounding” names. employers as those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with “white-sounding” names. employers than those who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but “white-sounding” names. employers than those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with “white-sounding” names. employers than people did who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but with “white-sounding” names. What is the source of this SC? The non-underlined portion does not convey the intended meaning. People who sent in resumes with "ethnic-sounding" names had a much more difficult time getting called back from employers. The intended meaning seems to be that employers did not call back people who had submitted resumes with "ethnic-sounding" names. The sentence above does not convey this meaning. Here, getting seems to be serving as an adjective. If getting refers to a difficult time, the implication is that A DIFFICULT TIME was getting called back -- a nonsensical meaning. If getting refers to people, the implication is that people with "ethnic-sounding names" were in fact getting called back -- the OPPOSITE of the intended meaning. Also, to be called back from X means to be asked to RETURN FROM X. John was called back from the island. Conveyed meaning: John was asked to RETURN FROM THE ISLAND. Thus, getting called back from employers implies that people with "ethic-sounding names" were being asked to LEAVE the employers -- not the intended meaning. Ignore this SC.

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