Gamification could provide an approach to recruitment with the potential to combat unconscious bias, according to US technology firm Hacker Rank. The company has created a platform that enables developers to display their skills, while recruiters can devise anonymised coding assessments. The process is designed to recruit from a wider talent pool, while also prioritising skills and avoiding the built-in bias that has been identified in some AI-based recruitment programmes, including those used by Microsoft. Other start-ups, including Knack, Pymetrics and Scoutible, are also using games based on neuroscientific research to test soft skills, including cognitive and emotional abilities.
Gamification could provide an approach to recruitment with the potential to combat unconscious bias, according to US technology firm Hacker Rank. The company has created a platform that enables developers to display their skills, while recruiters can devise anonymised coding assessments. The process is designed to recruit from a wider talent pool, while also prioritising skills and avoiding the built-in bias that has been identified in some AI-based recruitment programmes, including those used by Amazon. Other start-ups, including Knack, Pymetrics and Scoutible, are also using games based on neuroscientific research to test soft skills, including cognitive and emotional abilities.