Technology
The computers rejecting your job application – BBC News
A growing number of firms are using artificial intelligence to pass or fail jobseekers.
By Andrea MuradBusiness reporter
image captionThe online tests from the company Pymetrics typically take 25 minutes
Frankly, it was a little stressful to know that my application was being judged by a computer and not by a human being.
A professional journalist, I had recently applied for a new job, and for the first part of the recruitment process the publisher made me play a number of simple online games from the comfort of my own home.
These included having to quickly count the number of dots…
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