An apparatus for screening users. The apparatus includes a processor communicatively connected to a user device and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to receive verbal communication associated with a user and parse, using a chatbot, at least a user characteristic from the verbal communication. The processor also screens the user as a function of the user characteristic. Screening the user includes generating a compatibility score based on a compatibility of the at least a user characteristic and a posting and determining a confidence score wherein the confidence score comprises a quantitative value reflecting a confidence in the screening.