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Information retrieval and evaluationMercor

Candidate Search: Retrieve, Rank, and Evaluate

Repair mandatory filters, retrieve relevant profiles, and submit the exact ranked results to a local evaluator.

The scenario

Repair mandatory filters, retrieve relevant profiles, and submit the exact ranked results to a local evaluator.

A failure to reason about

Use a small information retrieval and evaluation scenario to compare current behavior with the requirement.

Illustrative context for the topic. The exercise’s full requirements arrive in the workspace.

Questions to bring to your review

  • Which caller makes the reported behavior visible?
  • What focused regression would distinguish the current behavior from the requirement?
  • What existing behavior must remain intact after the change?

Skills you will practice

  • Information retrieval
  • Hard constraints
  • Ranking quality
  • Evaluation integrity
  • HTTP integration

Read the existing code, reproduce the reported behavior, review proposed changes, and verify your final implementation. You can use AI assistance while staying responsible for the result.

Prepare with a worked example

See how nrml evaluates an attempt, including the limits of automated evidence.