CFD Comm. Annette Nance-Holt answers questions on Monday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The Chicago Fire Department held its first exam for prospective employees since 2014 last year. While 15,000 people signed up to take the exam, 4,210 people took the exam and 2,100 passed. The city expects to hire the first round of employees from last year’s exam by the end of this year, department Comm. Annette Nance-Holt told alderpeople on Monday. 

Nance-Holt answered questions from alderpeople about her department’s diversity and hiring during a budget hearing Monday.