Job Interview 4.0 – Legal Considerations For Automated Face And Speech Recognition

Picture this, a candidate is finally invited to a job interview. They expect to meet with a staff member from HR, but instead find themselves sitting opposite a robot. During the 30-minute interview, the robot asks the candidate dozens of questions about their motivation, career goals, strengths and weaknesses. Its built-in cameras record not only the interviewee's words, but also their facial expressions and gestures. The robot recognises emotional responses in the candidate and can react spontaneously. The combination of the generated responses and emotions results in a personality profile, which is compared with existing data on successful employees and assigned to one of two categories: suitable or unsuitable.