Patent Document ID: 20020046199
Application ID: 09922197
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for assisting in determining the suitability of an individual for employment by an employer, the apparatus comprising: an electronic data interrogator operable to present a first set of a plurality of questions to the individual; an electronic answer capturer operable 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 operable to predict at least one post-hire outcome if the individual were to be employed by the employer, the predictor providing a prediction of the outcome 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 outcome to assist in determining the suitability of the individual for employment by the employer.