US Patent 11423071 Candidate data ranking method using previously selected candidate data

Various embodiments provide a method for sorting data. The method can include: receiving criteria data from a user regarding an open opportunity; receiving candidate data, storing candidate data in a candidate profile in a candidate database; evaluating the candidate data, wherein evaluating the candidate data comprises: comparing the audio data of the candidate to a database of successfully-selected candidates to determine an N-gram analysis result for the candidate data, wherein the N-gram analysis includes creating a textual transcript of the audio data for a portion audio data; removing stop words from the textual transcript; creating an N-gram data set based on the textual transcript with stop words removed; comparing the N-gram data set of the candidate data to an N-gram data set of the successfully-selected candidates; and sorting the candidate data within a plurality of other candidate data using the N-gram analysis result.