BiasMedium
Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants
- Occurred
- Nov 6, 2019
- Published
- Nov 6, 2019
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In January 2021, HireVue removed the controversial AI expression tracking tool from its virtual job interview software.
Developers
- HireVue
Deployers
- HireVue
Harmed parties
- job applicants using HireVue
- HireVue customers
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: HireVue removed facial analysis tool due to bias concerns in hiring, representing a notable controversy without major legal action.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8