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AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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an AI resume screener had been trained on CVs of employees already at the firm, giving people extra marks if they listed "baseball" or "basketball" – hobbies that were linked to more successful staff, often men. Those who mentioned "softball" – typically women – were downgraded.

Marginalised groups often "fall through the cracks, because they have different hobbies, they went to different schools"

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (10 children)

"qualified" is a loaded term. Industry or product knowledge go a long way to succeed in quite a few businesses.

As an example "Unqualified" for sales might just mean the applicant doesn't have an MBA or whatever other degree, even though they have dealt with break fix service and other solution oriented work.

Similarly, if a sales rep went into installation or project management they would have a leg up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (5 children)

OP said "Of course I don’t make it past 1 or 2 interviews in such cases." So it seems pretty straightforward that he wasn't qualified, as in he wasn't going to succeed in those roles.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Not making it through the interviews doesn't indicate job success, it indicates job attainment. I'm saying job success is less related to listed qualifications than you might think.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Step one in succeeding in a job is passing the interviews and getting that job.

OP was just wasting everyone's time, both his own and the interviewers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No lol

The job is producing usable work

The interview is getting the opportunity to get paid for producing usable work.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And I'm pretty doubtful that OP would be capable of producing usable work. He says it himself, he's being deceptive about his abilities.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

No that's your prejudice about what he says.

He doesn't comment on anything past interviewing. You don't know his opinion on if he can produce usable work.

You haven't said anything to rebut my statement that attaining work and completing work are different thing.

Idgaf what you doubt unless you can give some narrative that lends it credibility.

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