Patent ID: 7310626

Claim:
An apparatus for assisting in determining the suitability of an individual for employment by an employer, the apparatus comprising: an electronic data interrogator configured to present a first set of a plurality of questions to the individual; an electronic answer capturer configured to electronically store the individual's responses to at least a selected plurality of the first set of questions presented to the individual; an electronic predictor responsive to the stored answers and configured to predict at least one post-hire outcome for at least one job performance criterion if the individual were to be employed by the employer, the predictor providing a prediction of the at least one post-hire outcome for the at least one job performance criterion based upon correlations of the stored answers with answers to sets of questions by other individuals for which post-hire information has been collected; and an electronic results provider providing an output indicative of the prediction of the at least one post-hire outcome for the at least one job performance criterion to assist in determining the suitability of the individual for employment by the employer; wherein the electronic results provider is configured to provide a hiring recommendation based at least on the at least one post-hire outcome for the at least one job performance criterion; wherein the electronic results provider is further configured to determine a score for the individual, further configured to determine whether the score is over a threshold, and further configured to identify the individual as a favorable candidate if the score is over the threshold.