Patent ID: 8655794

Claim:
A computerized method for comparing the skills and capabilities of a candidate, the method comprising: electronically storing a plurality of candidate assessments for assessing one or more user candidates in a computerized data storage device; receiving an identification of a selected assessment from the computerized data storage device; provisioning a first candidate assessment workspace including the selected assessment for administration to a first user candidate; electronically recording decisions input by the first user candidate while the first user candidate is operating within the first candidate assessment workspace, wherein the decisions are represented by a plurality of states, including at least one intermediate state, the states representing a sequence of inputs into the first candidate assessment workspace; provisioning a second candidate assessment workspace including the selected assessment for administration to a second user candidate; electronically recording decisions made by the second user candidate while the second user candidate is operating within the second candidate assessment workspace, wherein the decisions are represented by a plurality of states, including at least one intermediate state, the states representing a sequence of inputs into the second candidate assessment workspace; calculating by a processor device: an intermediate comparison between at least one of the recorded decisions made by the first user candidate and at least one of the recorded decisions made by the second user candidate, the comparison based on a difference between the at least one recorded intermediate state of the first user candidate assessment and the at least one recorded intermediate state of the second user candidate assessment, the intermediate states being the results of intermediate decisions input by the first user candidate and the second user candidate while operating within the candidate assessment before the assessment is completed; and electronically storing the intermediate comparison on the computerized data storage device.