In the past, hiring decisions were made by people. Today, some key decisions that lead to whether someone gets a job or not are made by algorithms. The use of AI-based job interviews has increased since the pandemic. As demand increases, so too do questions about whether these algorithms make fair and unbiased hiring decisions, or find the most qualified applicant. In this second episode of a four-part series on AI in hiring, we meet some of the big players making this technology including the CEOs of HireVue and myInterview—and we test some of these tools ourselves.

We Meet: 

Kevin Parker, Chairman & CEO, HireVue

Shelton Banks, CEO, re:work

Mark Adams, Vice President of North America, Curious Thing AI

Benjamin Gillman, Co-Founder and CEO, myInterview

Fred Oswald, Psychology Professor, Rice University 

Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Computer Science Professor, Brown University

Clayton Donnelly, industrial-organizational psychologist, myInterview


We Talked To: 

Kevin Parker, Chairman & CEO, HireVue

Lindsey Zuloaga, Chief Data Scientist, HireVue

Nathan Mondragon, Chief IO Psychologist, HireVue

Shelton Banks, CEO, re:work

Lisa Feldman Barrett, Psychology Professor, Northeastern University

Cathy O’Neil, CEO, O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing

Mark Adams, Vice President of North America, Curious Thing AI

Han Xu, Co-founder & CTO, Curious Thing AI

Benjamin Gillman, Co-founder & CEO, myInterview 

Fred Oswald, Psychology Professor, Rice University 

Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Computer Science Professor, Brown University

Clayton Donnelly, industrial-organizational psychologist, myInterview

Mark Gray, Director of People, Proper

Christoph Hohenberger, Co-founder and Managing Director, Retorio

Derek Mracek, Lead Data Scientist, Yobs

Raphael Danilo, Co-founder & CEO, Yobs

Jonathan Kestenbaum, Co-founder & Managing Director of Talent Tech Labs

Josh Bersin, Global Industry Analyst

Students and Teachers from the Hope Program in Brooklyn, NY

Henry Claypool, policy expert and former Director of the U.S. Health and Human Services Office on Disability


Sounds From: 

Curious Thing AI 

myInterview 

Dolly Parton - 9 To 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUSsFXYo4


Arirang News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30oCHwwLxy4


CBS News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbRBCU6SHHo 

CBS Philly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wiPoCsZFFs 


Credits:
This miniseries on hiring was reported by Hilke Schellmann and produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens, Karen Hao and Anthony Green with special thanks to James Wall. We’re edited by Michael Reilly. Art direction by Stephanie Arnett.