The results of a performance appraisal are correlated with data collected from a job assessment process. Questions from the assessment that relate to high employee performance, and low employee performance are desirably identified. Questions that have no relation to performance are also desirably identified, as well as any additional questions such as those that show gender, age, or racial bias, for example. For those questions that are shown to predict high or low performance, the relative weights of those questions in the job assessment can be adjusted upwards so that they will have a greater bearing on whether an employee is hired. Those questions that show little or no relation to employee performance can be weighted downward, or removed entirely, resulting in a more streamlined and efficient job assessment process.