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November 15, 2019

A face-scanning algorithm increasingly decides whether you deserve the job

By Emma Coalition

Designed by the recruiting-technology firm HireVue, the hiring system uses candidates’ computer or cellphone cameras to analyze their facial movements, word choice and speaking voice before ranking them against other applicants based on an automatically generated “employability” score. More than 100 employers now use the system, including Hilton, Unilever and Goldman Sachs, and more than a million job seekers have been analyzed. Some experts are concerned that it could end up penalizing nonnative speakers, visibly nervous interviewees or anyone else who doesn’t fit the model for look and speech.

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Source: Washington Post

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