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0 pointsManuel_D3y ago0 comments

With Zoom interviews, it's possible to anonymize candidates throughout every stage of the interview process. Anonymous resumes, anonymous interviews. This would entirely eliminate racial, or gender, discrimination.

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etchalon3y ago

That would be true if people didn't sound different.

Manuel_DOP3y ago

You can alter the audio signal to mask gender: https://blog.interviewing.io/we-built-voice-modulation-to-ma...

Similar tech could be used to mask accents.

I suspect the real reason people are so hesitant to anonymize interviews is that the disparities will persist - or even grow larger - and it'll be more difficult to ascribe it to racism or sexism.

etchalon3y ago

Accent and pitch are not the only ways in which people sound different.

If technology could be developed which masked pitch, accent, idioms, patterns and approach, I suspect it would change hiring rates.

I suspect the reason you think such technology wouldn’t improve the situation is because you’re a bigot.

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etchalon3y ago

That would be true if people didn't sound different.

Manuel_DOP3y ago

You can alter the audio signal to mask gender: https://blog.interviewing.io/we-built-voice-modulation-to-ma...

Similar tech could be used to mask accents.

I suspect the real reason people are so hesitant to anonymize interviews is that the disparities will persist - or even grow larger - and it'll be more difficult to ascribe it to racism or sexism.

etchalon3y ago

Accent and pitch are not the only ways in which people sound different.

If technology could be developed which masked pitch, accent, idioms, patterns and approach, I suspect it would change hiring rates.

I suspect the reason you think such technology wouldn’t improve the situation is because you’re a bigot.

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