Assume you are the HR Manager of a medium sized company. You have an exempt open position to fill and have received several applications/resumes. This department has taken a lot of your time because they don't get along very well, but yet there has been very little turnover in it. Lots of the applicants look good on paper and you call several in for interviews. After all the interviewing is done, you find yourself with only 4 applicants that meets all the qualifications required for the job and strangely enough they all scored the same on your pre-employment test. You have:
1) a minority person, interviewed great but you think his religion could create a major problem
2) a handicapped person that will need some accommodation to do the job, but not something that would create a financial hardship for the company.
3) a 66 year old female that you're sure would fit right in with half of the ladies in the department
4) your boss's 25 year old nephew, and your boss is pressing you to hire the nephew
Without asking for more information or more interviews than what is presented here, what should you, the HR Manager do? Who do you hire? Defend your decision for each person why you chose to hire or not to hire. Don't break any laws.