Imagine you’re a manager making an internal hire. You are considering two finalists: Monica and Jessica. Each comes from a different department, so you can’t compare them directly. Instead, you rely on their managers’ rankings of them within their teams. Monica is ranked third out of 12 employees in her department, and Jessica is ranked sixth out of 24 in hers. Who do you hire? If you’re like most people, you’re likely to hire Monica, the one on the shorter ranked list.