How to persuade a robot that you should get the job
by Stephen Buranyi from Technology | The Guardian on (#3H9D2)
Do mere human beings stand a chance against software that claims to reveal what a real-life face-to-face chat can't?
According to Nathan Mondragon, finding the right employee is all about looking at the little things. Tens of thousands of little things, as it turns out.
Mondragon is head psychologist at HireVue, which markets software for screening job candidates. Its flagship product, used by Unilever and Goldman Sachs, asks candidates to answer interview questions in front of a camera. Meanwhile its software, like a team of hawk-eyed psychologists hiding behind a mirror, takes note of barely perceptible changes in posture, facial expression and vocal tone.
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