BiasMedium
Hiring Algorithms Provided Invalid Positive Results for Interview Responses in German
- Occurred
- Jul 1, 2021
- Published
- Jul 7, 2021
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Two AI interview softwares provided positive but invalid results such as "competent" English proficiency and high match percentage for interview responses given in German by reporters.
Developers
- MyInterview
- Curious Thing
Deployers
- MyInterview
- Curious Thing
Harmed parties
- job candidates using MyInterview
- job candidates using Curious Thing
- employers using MyInterview
- employers using Curious Thing
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: AI hiring tools failed to correctly assess non-native language skills, causing discriminatory hiring outcomes.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8