Abstract: A method of analyzing the fitness of a candidate for a specific position comprises benchmarking the position by specifying weighted position criteria and using managers' and top performers' responses to predictive instruments in the form of behavior and values questionnaires; scoring the candidate by computing a weighted average of the candidate's scores on the position criteria combined with the candidate's predictive instrument scores vis a vis those of the benchmark participants; and reporting to the hiring manager the candidate's overall score and, preferably, individual scores for each continuum of the predictive instruments.