[ColinWright]

I commented when this was submitted yesterday, the bit that struck me was this:

   ... we can predict people’s college performance
   reasonably well by simply analyzing their college
   admissions essays. Across four years, we analyzed
   the admissions essays of 25,000 students and then
   tracked their grade point averages (GPAs). Higher
   GPAs were associated with admission essays that
   used high rates of nouns and low rates of verbs and
   pronouns. The effects were surprisingly strong and
   lasted across all years of college, no matter what
   the students' major.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2895701

[mrb]

What if the same prediction could be made on motivation letters sent by candidates to potential employers? If I were Google, I would hire this guy. He would fit perfectly in their candidate selection effort of using automated tools to process resumes & motivation letters...