Recruiting assessment workload calculator

Calculate total grading hours and working days required with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Assessments to grade (count)
80
Grading minutes per assessment
25
Assessors (count)
4
Available grading hours per assessor per day
5
Total grading hours
33.333333
Working days required
2
Assessments per full day
48

Try another scenario

Assessments to grade (count)
110
Grading minutes per assessment
25
Assessors (count)
4
Available grading hours per assessor per day
5
Total grading hours
45.833333
Working days required
3
Assessments per full day
48
Calculation method

Calculation method

Total grading hours

a*b/60

Working days required

ceil(a*b/(60*c*d))

Assessments per full day

math.floor(c*d*60/b)

Symbols and units
a
Assessments to grade (count)
b
Grading minutes per assessment
c
Assessors (count)
d
Available grading hours per assessor per day

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Identical independent assessment workload; grading time and assessor hours positive. Working days are abstract, no weekend calendar. Supported limits: All numeric inputs must be finite. Only the explicitly described mathematical scenario is supported.
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