Conducting asynchronous interviews over a network

• Main Authors: Neumeyer, Leonardo, Rtischev, Dimitry, Doval, Diego, Gargiulo, Juan, Parker, Dylan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.04.2002

A method and apparatus are described for asynchronously conducting interviews though a user interface executing on a client. The user interface prompts an interviewee for at least one audio response, which is digitally recorded. User interfaces are generated by a client according to code defining the user interfaces downloaded from a server via, for example, the Internet. The server may be remote from the client, thereby allowing interviewees to interact with the user interfaces on their own computers. The user interface queries an interviewee and the interviewee responds, either by entering text or digitally recording a response using controls supplied by the user interface. The responses are down loaded via, for example, the Internet to a server. Evaluators may review an interviewee's response through the use of user interfaces. A user (e.g. interviewer) may specify the format of asynchronous interviews, by providing user input that specifies queries to ask, the manner of asking the queries, and the manner in which an interviewee may respond. Based on the user input, data defining the format of an asynchronous interview is generated and may be stored, for example, on a server.