Facial analysis technology is sometimes used in recruitment, but people with autism at work and other types of neurodivergence say it can be biased against them.
Have you ever applied for a job and found that, before you get offered an interview with a real person, you have to answer pre-recorded questions into your webcam?
It’s designed to help firms process job applicants more easily, and to test people’s suitability for the job before they encounter a human. But, as new BBC Three documentary Computer Says No explores, automated and algorithm-based recruitment technology can unfairly disadvantage candidates who don’t fit the profile it’s been programmed to accept – particularly those with neurodiversity.
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