translate English to French: The department's representative went on to explain that the questions which the board had devised were not geared to the pool of candidates but rather to the requirements of the job for which they were competing.
Le représentant du ministère a ensuite expliqué que les questions que le jury avait élaborées n'étaient pas axées sur le bassin de candidates et candidats mais plutôt sur les exigences du poste qui faisait l'objet du concours.