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HireVue's AI-powered candidate screening criticized for unpaid labor

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A Mastodon user recently discovered HireVue, a platform used by large corporations for initial job candidate screening. The user expressed concern that these "interviews," which involve timed video responses and puzzle-solving games, essentially force disadvantaged job seekers to provide free training data. The user believes this practice, akin to unpaid work during an interview, should be illegal and noted the discrepancy between Wikipedia's focus on discrimination scandals and the issue of unpaid labor. AI

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HireVue's AI-powered candidate screening criticized for unpaid labor

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I just learned about HireVue ( https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HireVue ), a platform used by large corporations to screen wage workers. Mercifully I haven't had

    I just learned about HireVue ( https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HireVue ), a platform used by large corporations to screen wage workers. Mercifully I haven't had to do one of these "interviews", which consist of submitting video responses to written questions in real time, along wi…

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