Question

The bulk of the job interview will be the interviewers (7) asking the candidate questions about their history, personality, work style, and other factors relevant to the job.

Read the passage underlined (7). There may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose ‘Correct as is.’

A) Correct as is.
B) asking the candidate questions about there history
C) asking the candidate questions about his or her history
D) asking the candidate question’s about their history

asking the candidate questions about their history is the one underlined

Answer 1

A

Answer 2

asking the candidate questions about his or her history is the correct answer because candidate is a singular noun, and the pronoun that refers to it must also be singular. Their is a plural possessive pronoun, so it is incorrect. Since the candidate may be male or female, it is appropriate to use his or her.