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by wisty 5403 days ago
If there's 50 qualified candidates, then about 3 hours. They will just scan them, and pick the student who's work seems the best fit / highest quality / whatever.

If there's 49 useless candidates, and 1 good one, a similar amount of time. It doesn't take long to spot a sub-par paper, especially if the students have an incentive to be very clear about what they have done.