Found a loophole in our hiring algorithm that boosted diverse candidates by 23%

I noticed the keyword filter was knocking out resumes with community college degrees even when they had 5+ years of experience, so I removed that filter and suddenly the shortlist looked completely different. Anybody else find their company's AI making similar dumb cuts?

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felix4145d ago

Wait @river952, you saw that same "self taught" block at your place too?

laura_chen415d agoMost Upvoted

Exactly, my old company's ATS did the same thing to bootcamp grads.

river9525d ago

Ran into something similar at my last job where the AI was tossing out any resume that mentioned "self taught" in the skills section, even for roles where candidates had proven portfolios... turns out someone hardcoded a bias against non traditional education paths without telling anyone. Makes you wonder how many other invisible filters are just silently killing applications.