AI and face scanning technology is being used in UK job interviews

Artificial intelligence and facial analysis software is being used in job interviews in the UK for the first time - as companies turn to technology to find the best candidates. The software, developed by US company HireVue, analyses language and tone and records the facial expressions of candidates as they answer questions on video, the Telegraph reported. It has already been adopted by 700 companies across the world, including Hilton, Unilever, Urban Outfitters and Vodafone, and is said to have hosted more than 100,000 interviews in the UK to date. HireVue claims to increase a firm's quality of hire by 88 per cent, diversity by 55 per cent, and fill roles in a company 90 per cent faster. It does so by using algorithms to evaluate an applicant's 15-minute video against 25,000 pieces of data gathered from previous'successful' hires.