Abstract: An automated job application system includes a processor coupled to a display and to a user input device, wherein the automated job application system executes one or more instructions for accepting signals from the user input device to determine responses to questions in a job application; comparing the responses to predetermined conditions; determining that one condition is not met; displaying on the display a notification that the condition is not met; and accepting a signal from a user input device to modify a response to the condition so that the condition is met. In a more specific embodiment, the instructions facilitate displaying the notification that the condition is not met via a hint list. The hint list may provide a plurality of conditions that are not met. The conditions may be required or desired and not required, and an indication may be displayed indicative of which required or desired conditions have been met by the applicant.