'Curious Conversations' podcast: Louis Hickman talks about AI and the hiring process
Louis Hickman joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations” to talk about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) during the hiring process. He shared the ways in which AI has long been a part of the process, the findings from his research on AI evaluating automated video interviews, and some tips on how job seekers can leverage the technology to improve their job hunts.
About Hickman
Hickman is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Science. His research focuses on the intersection of technology and work with an emphasis on applications of machine learning and AI to organizational science and practice, such as automatically scored interviews. Part of his work includes using computers to measure verbal, paraverbal, and nonverbal behaviors in order to advance our understanding of how interpersonal perceptions form and how cultural, racial, and gender biases function.
Takeaways
For decades, AI in some form has been used to screen job candidates through tasks as simple as key word identification in screening resumes.
The use of AI in evaluating job candidates’ video interviews can allow for a higher number of candidates while also enhancing reliability and reducing potential bias.
AI tools can be used to improve a candidate’s resume, but there are employer concerns that the technology could be used in nefarious ways during the hiring processes.
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About the podcast
"Curious Conversations" is a series of free-flowing conversations with Virginia Tech researchers that take place at the intersection of world-class research and everyday life. Produced and hosted by Virginia Tech writer and editor Travis Williams, university researchers share their expertise and motivations as well as the practical applications of their work in a format that more closely resembles chats at a cookout than classroom lectures. New episodes are shared each Tuesday.
