PepsiCo Wants Robots To Conduct Their Interviews

A growing number of companies today are turning to AI to help them make decisions about who to hire, give a bonus to, and even let go from a company altogether.

Roughly 40 percent of employers worldwide have already embraced AI software in some way, they are using the technology to help them shed some light on whether or not an employee is suitable for a position, or perhaps feeling angry, optimistic, or confused, even though their words might not indicate those feelings.

One Russian startup created artificial intelligence software known as Robot Vera, to help them decide who to hire for employment contracts with companies such as Ikea, PepsiCo, and L'Oreal.

It's the work of a startup known as Stafory. The software they've created is able to conduct many different phone interviews at one time with potential candidates, and can allegedly help to cut the recruitment costs by at least a third.

In only 9 hours, it's estimated that it can interview at least 1,500 candidates.

However, there are still humans involved in the hiring process and they'll ultimately vet and clear whoever might be chosen for the employment contract. At the moment, the final decisions are still coming from humans, though they are delegating some hiring tasks to artificial intelligence software like Robot Vera.

With the help of this software, HR staff are able to remain engaged in other important tasks; supporting management team members, providing training, conducting assessments, and more.

Would you want to be interviewed by a robot or a human?

Employers have suggested that they are seeing the same success rate with Vera, from doing cold calls, that they would have seen if humans were the ones conducting the calls. And Vera can make thousands of calls at one time, completing those calls much quicker.

There are now said to be hundreds of companies in Russia that have started using this sort of technology to help them decide who to hire and fire etc. As well, the software has also allegedly been tested in places like Dubai and Singapore.

Whether it's conducting phone interviews, making cold calls, analyzing video interviews, sifting through resumes, the technology is able to save recruitment managers time in a variety of ways.

Also, the Russian startup isn't the only agency that has sought to use artificial intelligence as a part of their recruitment process and it's likely to become much more prevalent in the near future if a growing number of employers find that it provides them with any benefit.

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Sources:
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252438788/PepsiCo-hires-robots-to-interview-job-candidates
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-28/this-ai-software-aims-to-do-90-percent-of-hr-s-recruiting-work
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/meet-the-russian-robot-thats-hiring-humans/hiring-for-top-firms/slideshow/63565524.cms
https://www.forbes.com/sites/valleyvoices/2018/01/29/how-ai-is-changing-the-game-for-recruiting/#6f663f021aa2
https://www.forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2018/02/09/traditional-recruiting-isnt-enough-how-ai-is-changing-the-rules-in-the-human-capital-market/#66f68e8f274a
https://www.cipd.asia/news/hr-news/analysis-ai-recruitment

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