Determining job applicant fit score
Examples of the disclosure are directed toward methods of providing a user interface for a job applicant self-assessment and computing an overall fit score between the applicant and a target job. An ideal job candidate may be specified by an employer on the basis of four categories: competencies, personality traits, motives, and experience levels. Then, an actual job applicant may interact with a user interface to perform a self-assessment on each of the four categories. A fit score may be determined between the applicant and the job for each of the four categories, and the four fit scores may be used to compute an overall fit score between the applicant and the job.
1. A computer-implemented method of computing a fit score for an applicant and a job, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes:
a plurality of competency cards, including a first competency card corresponding to a first competency and a second competency card corresponding to a second competency, different from the first competency; and
a plurality of regions corresponding to different skill levels;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input moving:
the first competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
the second competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the first competency card was moved; and
a numerical value, for the second competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the second competency card was moved;
obtaining a target competency vector associated with the job, the target competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency and indicating an importance of the first competency to the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency and indicating an importance of the second competency to the job;
obtaining an applicant competency vector based on the user input from the applicant, the applicant competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
computing a plurality of distances, the plurality of distances including distances between the first and second entries of the target competency vector and the applicant competency vector; displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes a plurality of statements, including a first statement corresponding to a first motive and a second statement corresponding to a second motive, different from the first motive;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input selecting one or more statements of the plurality of statements to indicate that the selected statements describe the applicant instead of the one or more statements of the plurality of statements not selected by the user;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first motive, indicating a degree that the first motive describes the applicant based on a number of statements corresponding to the first motive selected by the user; and
a numerical value, for the second motive, indicating a degree that the second motive describes the applicant based on a number of statements corresponding to the second motive selected by the user;
obtaining a target motive vector associated with the job, the target motive vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first motive and indicating an importance of the first motive to the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second motive and indicating an importance of the second motive to the job;
obtaining an applicant motive count vector based on user input from the applicant, the applicant motive count vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first motive, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first motive indicating the degree to which the applicant has indicated that the first motive describes the applicant, and
a second entry corresponding to the second motive, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second motive indicating the degree to which the applicant has indicated that the second motive describes the applicant;
computing a standardized target motive vector and a standardized applicant motive vector from the target motive vector and the applicant motive vector, respectively; and
computing a fit score of the applicant for the job based on a weighted sum of the plurality of distances, the standardized target motive vector, and the standardized applicant motive vector.
2. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
obtaining a target trait vector associated with the job, the target trait vector including:
a first entry corresponding to a first trait and indicating a desired trait value for the first trait for the job, and
a second entry corresponding to a second trait, different from the first trait, and indicating a desired trait value for the second trait for the job;
obtaining an applicant trait vector based on user input from the applicant, the applicant trait vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first trait and indicating a trait value for the first trait for the applicant, and
a second entry corresponding to the second trait and indicating a trait value for the second trait for the applicant; and
computing a plurality of target weights, each corresponding to a trait of the first and second traits, and each target weight indicating an importance of the corresponding trait to the job;
wherein computing the fit score is further based on the target trait vector, the applicant trait vector, and the plurality of target weights.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein computing the fit score includes computing a competency fit score, a trait fit score, a motive fit score, and an experience fit score.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein computing the fit score includes computing a weighted fit score sum of the competency fit score, the trait fit score, the motive fit score, and the experience fit score.
5. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising transforming the fit score using a cumulative distribution function.
6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a method of computing a fit score for an applicant and a job, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes:
a plurality of competency cards, including a first competency card corresponding to a first competency and a second competency card corresponding to a second competency, different from the first competency; and
a plurality of regions corresponding to different skill levels;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input moving:
the first competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
the second competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the first competency card was moved; and
a numerical value, for the second competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the second competency card was moved;
obtaining a target competency vector associated with the job, the target competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency and indicating an importance of the first competency to the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency and indicating an importance of the second competency to the job;
obtaining an applicant competency vector based on the user input from the applicant, the applicant competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
computing a plurality of distances, the plurality of distances including distances between the first and second entries of the target competency vector and the applicant competency vector;
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes a plurality of statements, including a first statement corresponding to a first motive and a second statement corresponding to a second motive, different from the first motive;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input selecting one or more statements of the plurality of statements to indicate that the selected statements describe the applicant instead of the one or more statements of the plurality of statements not selected by the user;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first motive, indicating a degree that the first motive describes the applicant based on a number of statements corresponding to the first motive selected by the user; and
a numerical value, for the second motive, indicating a degree that the second motive describes the applicant based on a number of statements corresponding to the second motive selected by the user;
obtaining a target motive vector associated with the job, the target motive vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first motive and indicating an importance of the first motive to the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second motive and indicating an importance of the second motive to the job;
obtaining an applicant motive count vector based on user input from the applicant, the applicant motive count vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first motive, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first motive indicating the degree to which the applicant has indicated that the first motive describes the applicant, and
a second entry corresponding to the second motive, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second motive indicating the degree to which the applicant has indicated that the second motive describes the applicant;
computing a standardized target motive vector and a standardized applicant motive vector from the target motive vector and the applicant motive vector, respectively; and
computing a fit score of the applicant for the job based on a weighted sum of the plurality of distances, the standardized target motive vector, and the standardized applicant motive vector.
7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , the method further comprising:
obtaining a target trait vector associated with the job, the target trait vector including:
a first entry corresponding to a first trait and indicating a desired trait value for the first trait for the job, and
a second entry corresponding to a second trait, different from the first trait, and indicating a desired trait value for the second trait for the job;
obtaining an applicant trait vector based on user input from the applicant, the applicant trait vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first trait and indicating a trait value for the first trait for the applicant, and
a second entry corresponding to the second trait and indicating a trait value for the second trait for the applicant; and
computing a plurality of target weights, each corresponding to a trait of the first and second traits, and each target weight indicating an importance of the corresponding trait to the job;
wherein computing the fit score is further based on the target trait vector, the applicant trait vector, and the plurality of target weights.
8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein computing the fit score includes computing a competency fit score, a trait fit score, a motive fit score, and an experience fit score.
9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein computing the fit score includes computing a weighted fit score sum of the competency fit score, the trait fit score, the motive fit score, and the experience fit score.
10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , the method further comprising transforming the fit score using a cumulative distribution function.
11. An electronic device comprising:
a processor to execute instructions; and
a memory coupled with the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method of computing a fit score for an applicant and a job, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes:
a plurality of competency cards, including a first competency card corresponding to a first competency and a second competency card corresponding to a second competency, different from the first competency; and
a plurality of regions corresponding to different skill levels;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input moving:
the first competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
the second competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the first competency card was moved; and
a numerical value, for the second competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the second competency card was moved;
obtaining a target competency vector associated with the job, the target competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency and indicating an importance of the first competency to the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency and indicating an importance of the second competency to the job;
obtaining an applicant competency vector based on the user input from the applicant, the applicant competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
computing a plurality of distances, the plurality of distances including distances between the first and second entries of the target competency vector and the applicant competency vector;
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes a plurality of statements, including a first statement corresponding to a first motive and a second statement corresponding to a second motive, different from the first motive;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input selecting one or more statements of the plurality of statements to indicate that the selected statements describe the applicant instead of the one or more statements of the plurality of statements not selected by the user;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first motive, indicating a degree that the first motive describes the applicant based on a number of statements corresponding to the first motive selected by the user; and
a numerical value, for the second motive, indicating a degree that the second motive describes the applicant based on a number of statements corresponding to the second motive selected by the user;
obtaining a target motive vector associated with the job, the target motive vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first motive and indicating an importance of the first motive to the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second motive and indicating an importance of the second motive to the job;
obtaining an applicant motive count vector based on user input from the applicant, the applicant motive count vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first motive, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first motive indicating the degree to which the applicant has indicated that the first motive describes the applicant, and
a second entry corresponding to the second motive, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second motive indicating the degree to which the applicant has indicated that the second motive describes the applicant;
computing a standardized target motive vector and a standardized applicant motive vector from the target motive vector and the applicant motive vector, respectively; and
computing a fit score of the applicant for the job based on a weighted sum of the plurality of distances, the standardized target motive vector, and the standardized applicant motive vector.
12. The electronic device of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
obtaining a target trait vector associated with the job, the target trait vector including:
a first entry corresponding to a first trait and indicating a desired trait value for the first trait for the job, and
a second entry corresponding to a second trait, different from the first trait, and indicating a desired trait value for the second trait for the job;
obtaining an applicant trait vector based on user input from the applicant, the applicant trait vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first trait and indicating a trait value for the first trait for the applicant, and
a second entry corresponding to the second trait and indicating a trait value for the second trait for the applicant; and
computing a plurality of target weights, each corresponding to a trait of the first and second traits, and each target weight indicating an importance of the corresponding trait to the job;
wherein computing the fit score is further based on the target trait vector, the applicant trait vector, and the plurality of target weights.
13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein computing the fit score includes computing a competency fit score, a trait fit score, a motive fit score, and an experience fit score.
14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein computing the fit score includes computing a weighted fit score sum of the competency fit score, the trait fit score, the motive fit score, and the experience fit score.
15. The electronic device of claim 11 , the method further comprising transforming the fit score using a cumulative distribution function.
16. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising normalizing the fit score by subtracting a mean and dividing by a standard deviation.
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , the method further comprising normalizing the fit score by subtracting a mean and dividing by a standard deviation.
18. The electronic device of claim 11 , the method further comprising normalizing the fit score by subtracting a mean and dividing by a standard deviation.
19. A computer-implemented method of computing a fit score for an applicant and a job, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes:
a plurality of competency cards, including a first competency card corresponding to a first competency and a second competency card corresponding to a second competency, different from the first competency; and
a plurality of regions corresponding to different skill levels;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input moving:
the first competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
the second competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the first competency card was moved; and
a numerical value, for the second competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the second competency card was moved;
obtaining a target competency vector associated with the job, the target competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency and indicating an importance of the first competency to the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency and indicating an importance of the second competency to the job;
obtaining an applicant competency vector based on the user input from the applicant, the applicant competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
computing a plurality of distances, the plurality of distances including distances between the first and second entries of the target competency vector and the applicant competency vector;
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes a plurality of scales, including a first scale corresponding to a first experience and a second scale corresponding to a second experience, different from the first experience;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input moving:
an indicator on the first scale to a given level of the plurality of levels on the first scale to indicate an experience level of the applicant in the first experience, and
an indicator on the second scale to a given level of the plurality of levels on the second scale to indicate an experience level of the applicant in the second experience;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first experience, indicating the experience level of the applicant in the first experience based on the given level of the plurality of levels to which the indicator on the first scale was moved; and
a numerical value, for the second experience, indicating the experience level of the applicant in the second experience based on the given level of the plurality of levels to which the indicator on the second scale was moved;
obtaining a target experience vector associated with the job, the target experience vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first experience and indicating a desired experience level for the first experience for the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second experience and indicating a desired experience level for the second experience for the job;
obtaining an applicant experience vector based on user input from the applicant, the applicant experience vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first experience, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first experience indicating the experience level of the applicant in the first experience, and
a second entry corresponding to the second experience, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second experience indicating the experience level of the applicant in the second experience;
computing an additional plurality of distances, the additional plurality of distances including distances between the first and second entries of the target experience vector and the applicant experience vector; and
computing a fit score of the applicant for the job based on a weighted sum of the plurality of distances and the additional plurality of distances.
20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a method of computing a fit score for an applicant and a job, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes:
a plurality of competency cards, including a first competency card corresponding to a first competency and a second competency card corresponding to a second competency, different from the first competency; and
a plurality of regions corresponding to different skill levels;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input moving:
the first competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
the second competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the first competency card was moved; and
a numerical value, for the second competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the second competency card was moved;
obtaining a target competency vector associated with the job, the target competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency and indicating an importance of the first competency to the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency and indicating an importance of the second competency to the job;
obtaining an applicant competency vector based on the user input from the applicant, the applicant competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
computing a plurality of distances, the plurality of distances including distances between the first and second entries of the target competency vector and the applicant competency vector;
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes a plurality of scales, including a first scale corresponding to a first experience and a second scale corresponding to a second experience, different from the first experience;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input moving:
an indicator on the first scale to a given level of the plurality of levels on the first scale to indicate an experience level of the applicant in the first experience, and
an indicator on the second scale to a given level of the plurality of levels on the second scale to indicate an experience level of the applicant in the second experience;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first experience, indicating the experience level of the applicant in the first experience based on the given level of the plurality of levels to which the indicator on the first scale was moved; and
a numerical value, for the second experience, indicating the experience level of the applicant in the second experience based on the given level of the plurality of levels to which the indicator on the second scale was moved;
obtaining a target experience vector associated with the job, the target experience vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first experience and indicating a desired experience level for the first experience for the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second experience and indicating a desired experience level for the second experience for the job;
obtaining an applicant experience vector based on user input from the applicant, the applicant experience vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first experience, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first experience indicating the experience level of the applicant in the first experience, and
a second entry corresponding to the second experience, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second experience indicating the experience level of the applicant in the second experience;
computing an additional plurality of distances, the additional plurality of distances including distances between the first and second entries of the target experience vector and the applicant experience vector; and
computing a fit score of the applicant for the job based on a weighted sum of the plurality of distances and the additional plurality of distances.
21. An electronic device comprising:
a processor to execute instructions; and
a memory coupled with the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method of computing a fit score for an applicant and a job, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes:
a plurality of competency cards, including a first competency card corresponding to a first competency and a second competency card corresponding to a second competency, different from the first competency; and
a plurality of regions corresponding to different skill levels;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input moving:
the first competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
the second competency card to a given region of the plurality of regions to indicate a skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the first competency card was moved; and
a numerical value, for the second competency, indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency based on the given region of the plurality of regions to which the second competency card was moved;
obtaining a target competency vector associated with the job, the target competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency and indicating an importance of the first competency to the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency and indicating an importance of the second competency to the job;
obtaining an applicant competency vector based on the user input from the applicant, the applicant competency vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the first competency, and
a second entry corresponding to the second competency, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second competency indicating the skill level of the applicant in the second competency;
computing a plurality of distances, the plurality of distances including distances between the first and second entries of the target competency vector and the applicant competency vector;
displaying, on a display, a user interface that includes a plurality of scales, including a first scale corresponding to a first experience and a second scale corresponding to a second experience, different from the first experience;
while displaying the user interface, receiving user input moving:
an indicator on the first scale to a given level of the plurality of levels on the first scale to indicate an experience level of the applicant in the first experience, and
an indicator on the second scale to a given level of the plurality of levels on the second scale to indicate an experience level of the applicant in the second experience;
determining:
a numerical value, for the first experience, indicating the experience level of the applicant in the first experience based on the given level of the plurality of levels to which the indicator on the first scale was moved; and
a numerical value, for the second experience, indicating the experience level of the applicant in the second experience based on the given level of the plurality of levels to which the indicator on the second scale was moved;
obtaining a target experience vector associated with the job, the target experience vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first experience and indicating a desired experience level for the first experience for the job, and
a second entry corresponding to the second experience and indicating a desired experience level for the second experience for the job;
obtaining an applicant experience vector based on user input from the applicant, the applicant experience vector including:
a first entry corresponding to the first experience, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the first experience indicating the experience level of the applicant in the first experience, and
a second entry corresponding to the second experience, a value of which is the determined numerical value for the second experience indicating the experience level of the applicant in the second experience;
computing an additional plurality of distances, the additional plurality of distances including distances between the first and second entries of the target experience vector and the applicant experience vector; and
computing a fit score of the applicant for the job based on a weighted sum of the plurality of distances and the additional plurality of distances.