LinkedIn's AI Generates Candidate Screening Questions From Job Postings (venturebeat.com) 11
LinkedIn is using AI and machine learning to generate screening questions for active job postings. From a report: In a paper [PDF] published this week on the preprint server Arxiv.org, coauthors describe Job2Questions, a model deployed that helps recruiters quickly find applicants by reducing the need for manual screening. This isn't just theoretical research -- Job2Questions was briefly tested across millions of jobs by hiring managers and candidates on LinkedIn's platform. The timing of Job2Questions' deployment is fortuitous. Screening is a necessary evil -- a LinkedIn study found that roughly 70% of manual phone screenings uncover missing basic applicant qualifications. But as the pandemic increasingly impacts traditional hiring processes, companies are adopting alternatives, with some showing a willingness to pilot AI and machine learning tools. Job2Questions is designed to reduce the time recruiters spend asking questions they should already have answers or exposes gaps candidates themselves can fill.
Questions One and Two when recruiters call... (Score:1)
... especially those with thick South Asian accents: Are you in the job market? What is your rate?
Seriously. In the vast majority of calls from these folks call, those are the first two things out of their mouth. And most of the time, I've never even received an email from them detailing the job requirements. When I do get that email, it only takes me a few seconds before I realize that this is a job for which my background is in no way a fit.
"Oh they're really interested in X, Y, and Z..."
"But... what a
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I think the leading questions are "How old are you?" and "How badly do you want the job?" But I'm projecting the first question out of envy because it doesn't matter how well I know Python when my first languages were BASIC, Fortran, and Pascal. Gawd save me if they find out I'm still programming in PERL and dBase II sometimes. (But Lisp was probably my favorite.)
However my real question is "Does anyone know of a job website that is balanced between the employees and employers?"
What I mean is that the websi
Screening, not interview (Score:2)
It took me a minute to realize that TFS was talking about screening questions, not interview questions. This is actually pretty reasonable. Job descriptions are often vague, or so hyper-specific that it's best to just treat them as vague, and so most candidates simply don't meet the basic qualifications for the job. Having an automated system to screen out people who some recruiting admin manually screens out today seems efficient. And far better to ask targeted questions than guess based on someone's
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Thing is, rather than deal with that bullshit I'll just stop using LinkedIn to find jobs.
There are plenty of other sites out there.
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And sometimes the companies "Requirements" are not actual requirements for the job.
A place near me keeps posting jobs for a "manager in training" and listing they need a "Graduate Certificate" not specific in what (like business). i get ignored, with 10 years retail experience, 5 years being a manager. Because i have a Diploma from college and not a Certificate.
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What bullshit? Unless you get a job through a friend, one way or another there will be an initial phone screening. Someone will need to talk to you and discover whether you even vaguely have the background they're looking for and are worth interviewing. This is usually done as part of the first human contact from the company, often just a question along the lines of "what's your typical work day like".
Thing is, because that's labor intensive, you have to cull resumes overmuch just to get to a list of peop
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The only screening questions I'm getting are things like "You live 60 miles away, you do know this is based in [location]?"
Yes, I do know. I also know that I can drive that distance in an hour. I also happen to like your local area and would consider moving there, or buying a second property there.
But thanks for checking. It's a reasonable question, and not one an AI would care to ask.
Shit, fucking automated phone systems can't understand my voice anyway. Fucking LinkedIn AI would ask, "Do you know anything
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But thanks for checking. It's a reasonable question, and not one an AI would care to ask.
What makes you think that? If you train your AI on questions employers typically ask on first contact, and that's a common question, then the AI will learn that question. I've been asked "are you OK with the commute" or "are you willing to relocate", as appropriate, by pretty much everyone.
Fucking LinkedIn AI would ask, "Do you know anything about local area networks?" and fail miserably to understand me telling it that I've written a fucking book on the subject.
You seem to think it would be a badly trained AI. And that you'd be ... talking to it? Rather than answering a set of multiple-choice questions as part of building your linkedin profile.
No, you'll lose access to good candidates if you try and filter them through AI.
If that's the case, then employ
Thankfully we don't use LinkedIn (Score:2)
When I'm hiring I draw up a general skillset for the new position, but we're a group focused on prototyping and those needs are fluid. Upper management & HR then require that I put in absurd educational & experience requirements like a MS, PhD, 20+ years etc etc etc. *But* as soon as we talk with the contract agencies and headhunters the very first topic is, 'yeah ignore all that HR nonsense and ju
Do they provide AI service for candidates? (Score:3)
So I do not need to bother answering "AI recruiter" - I just pay for my "AI candidate" side and the AIs can resolve the differences?
Fun fact (Score:1)