Meet the Robot Recruiters

For candidates who interact with Matilda the experience can seem bizarre -- being interviewed by a toy. But remember that Matilda is a prototype. It is a social robot -- an autonomous device that interacts and communicates with humans by following social behaviors and rules attached to its role. There are many like it, including Jibo, ElliQ, and Pepper, though it is the first that is being used in recruiting. There's no compelling reason it has to exist in physical form to interview candidates, other than that it was available and could be adapted for use in screening candidates. Humanoid robots may very well be commonplace in the next 20 years, but they're not needed for recruiting.