Patent ID: 8843388

Claim:
A method of evaluating an applicant for employment, comprising the steps of: receiving via a receiver from the applicant, via an interactive electronic medium, first data relating to qualifications of the applicant the qualifications comprising at least one of applicant education, prior applicant experience, applicant work history, applicant professional affiliations, applicant achievements, applicant recognitions, and applicant job skills, the applicant providing the first data in response to at least one corresponding first query communicated via the interactive medium during a first stage of the employment evaluation; evaluating via a processor qualification data received from the applicant to determine whether the candidate possesses one of an adequate, sufficient, and satisfactory qualification level to permit continuance of the application process; identifying the qualification level of the applicant to be at least at a satisfactory qualification level prior to proceeding to a second stage of the employment evaluation; evaluating via the processor the first data received from the applicant, according to predetermined criteria and storing the first data in a memory; receiving from the applicant, via the interactive medium, second data suitable for making an assessment of the applicant relative to work performance competency, the applicant providing the second data in response to at least one corresponding second query communicated via the interactive medium and storing the second data in the memory; identifying the work performance competency of the applicant to be at least at a satisfactory knowledge skills and abilities (KSA) level prior to proceeding to a third stage of the employment evaluation; evaluating via the processor the second data received from the applicant, according to predetermined criteria; retrieving from a database predefined correct answers; comparing the predefined correct answers to at least one of the first data and the second data; evaluating the results of the comparing operation; calculating a score based on a measured correlation between the predefined correct answers and the at least one of the first data and the second data; initiating an interactive voice response (IVR) candidate selection operation that facilitates a live interview stage with the applicant over a voice connection; retrieving interview questions from an automated query generator and submitting the questions to the applicant over the voice connection; receiving answers to the questions from the applicant over the voice connection; comparing the answers to predetermined criteria stored in a database via an evaluator module; determining evaluation results and transmitting the evaluation results to a controller to determine a next course of action; and determining a suitability of the applicant for employment, based on the results of the first data evaluation, the second data evaluation, the live interview stage, and the calculated score.