COGNITIVE APPLICATION REVIEWER

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for cognitive application review is provided. Embodiments may include receiving, by a processor, an applicant's application based on a job description; collecting, by the processor, publicly available education information; collecting, by the processor, publicly available information about the applicant; comparing, by the processor, the publicly available information about the applicant, as well as information included on the applicant's application, to the job description; comparing, by the processor, one or more skills and achievements of the applicant to one or more skills and achievements of other applicants; rating, by the processor, one or more qualities, including a leadership quality, of the applicant; ranking, by the processor, the applicant, based on the one or more rated qualities; identifying, by the processor, a low ranking applicant and providing feedback to the low ranking applicant; and recommending a high ranking applicant to an administrator.