Human Resource Executive: HireVue acquires rival to bolster skills-based screening tool and ethical AI

Back in 2019, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission regarding HireVue’s use of facial analysis to screen candidates in job interviews. The complaint called such technology invasive and prone to bias, as well as not living up to claims that it could measure cognitive ability, psychological traits, emotional intelligence and social aptitudes. Two years later, HireVue announced it would discontinue the use of facial analysis in applicant screening.

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