Robots Could Be Conducting
Job Interviews by 2020 A 16-inch tall robot-recruiter
named Tengai could be the
future of job interviews. Tengai is programmed to conduct every interview the exact same way. She doesn’t engage in pre-interview chit-chat and
asks every question in the same tone and order. Tengai then sends a transcript to human employers
containing only the interviewee's answers,
eliminating any bias or inherited prejudices. The robot was created by Furhat,
an artificial intelligence and social
robotics company based in Sweden. They’ve spent the last four years creating a
human-like computer interface that mimics
human speech and facial expressions. Tengai is expected to be put
in real life situations as early
as May of 2019. She’s been undergoing trials since
October 2018, in partnership
with one of Sweden’s largest
recruitment firms, TNG. Real candidate interviews are expected to begin in May
2019, and an English version could exist as soon as 2020.
