Disability Bias in HireVue’s Algorithms

Harwell, Drew. “This video by HireVue explains the tech firm’s artificial intelligence-driven assessments for potential job candidates”. Washington Post. HireVue, 6 Nov. 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/22/ai-hiring-face-scanning-algorithm-increasingly-decides-whether-you-deserve-job/. Accessed 3 May 2021

In today’s world, we live where algorithms and its collected data determine a vast range of areas in our lives, ranging from personalized social media newsfeed to managing public safety and welfare. By automating complex processes, such as hiring qualified candidates for a job, numerous companies, such as Facebook and Google, could save time from scheduling interviews with candidates in person. Though algorithmic…