Read the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Eight professionals—A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H—hold different positions in an organization: Intern, Analyst, Specialist, Manager, Director, VP, SVP, and CEO, listed in increasing order of seniority where Intern is the lowest rank and CEO is the highest rank. Each person works in a different department: IT, Finance, HR, Legal, Sales, Marketing, Audit, and R&D, though not necessarily in the same order.

Exactly three persons are senior to A. The person who works in HR is two posts junior to A. Three designations exist between the person who works in HR and F. G is immediately senior to the person who works in Legal, but is junior to A. H is senior to G but junior to F, and does not work in HR. The number of persons senior to H is equal to the number of persons junior to the one who works in IT. E is three posts senior to C. The person who works in Finance is immediately senior to B. The person who works in Sales is two posts senior to E. H does not work in R&D, and the person who works in Marketing is senior to the person who works in Audit.

H is a(n) _____ and works in the _____ department.

The correct answer is Manager, Audit.

Step 1: Understand the Seniority Ranks
There are 8 positions in increasing order of seniority:
1. Intern (Lowest)
2. Analyst
3. Specialist
4. Manager
5. Director
6. VP
7. SVP
8. CEO (Highest)

Step 2: Determine the positions of A, HR, and F
Exactly 3 persons are senior to A. Therefore, A is at rank:
$8-3=5$
So, A is the Director (Rank 5).
The person who works in HR is two posts junior to A:
$5-2=3$
So, HR is at the Specialist designation (Rank 3).
Three designations exist between HR and F. Since HR is Rank 3, F must be at rank:
$3+3+1=7$
So, F is the SVP (Rank 7).

Step 3: Determine the positions of E and C
E is three posts senior to C. This means:
$\text{Rank of E}-\text{Rank of C}=3$
Since Rank 5 is occupied by A and Rank 7 is occupied by F, the only available positions that satisfy this difference are C at Rank 3 (Specialist) and E at Rank 6 (VP).
Thus, C works in HR (Rank 3) and E is the VP (Rank 6).

Step 4: Determine the positions of G, Legal, B, Finance, D, and H
G is immediately senior to Legal and is junior to A. H is senior to G but junior to F. Thus, G must be at Rank 2 (Analyst) and Legal is at Rank 1 (Intern).
The person in Finance is immediately senior to B. This means B is at Rank 1 (Intern) and G (Analyst) works in Finance.
Now, the remaining professional for Rank 8 (CEO) is D, and for Rank 4 (Manager) is H.
So, H is the Manager (Rank 4).

Step 5: Determine the Departments
The number of persons senior to H (Rank 4) is 4:
$8-4=4$
This equals the number of persons junior to the IT department, so IT is at Rank:
$4+1=5$
So A (Director) works in IT.
The person in Sales is two posts senior to E (Rank 6), making D (CEO) work in Sales.
Since H does not work in R&D and Marketing is senior to Audit, H works in Audit.

Final Arrangement Table:
• CEO (Rank 8): D — Sales
• SVP (Rank 7): F — Marketing / R&D
• VP (Rank 6): E — R&D / Marketing
• Director (Rank 5): A — IT
• Manager (Rank 4): H — Audit
• Specialist (Rank 3): C — HR
• Analyst (Rank 2): G — Finance
• Intern (Rank 1): B — Legal

Therefore, H is a Manager and works in the Audit department.