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Tengai Unbiased in Validation Study by Renowned Psychometric Professor
Recruitment tool and interview robot Tengai Unbiased is conducting a validation study. The study will scientifically evaluate how consistent and accurate the robot interview analytics are. It is also designed to measure effectiveness, objective interview methodology, and results to ensure client satisfaction. The research starts in the Summer of 2019 and is conducted by Associate Professor Anders Sjöberg, CEO at Psychometrics Sweden AB.
Tengai is programmed with a diversity and inclusion software to evaluate each applicant's interview answer in an objective way without applying any previous knowledge about the candidate.
Validation Study
Tengai is now entering the next phase of its product development by conducting a validation study. The study will validate the robot’s unbiased interview methodology and results. The purpose is to understand how the robot’s unbiased software interprets candidates answers during a job interview and how that correlates with consistency and reliability.
The robot interview is a tool for recruiters and hiring managers to mitigate their bias in job interviews and thereby make better hiring decisions. The psychometric study will show evidence of how Tengai accurately and appropriately measure the interview answers and if the results are consistent and reliable over time. The study will provide data-driven insights that establish Tengai as a hiring recruitment tool in various stages of the recruitment funnel.
Unbiased Job Interview
Anna Rydbacken, Chief Product Officer at TNG is responsible for TNG’s unbiased recruitment methodology that is the foundation of Tengai’s objective and structured interviews.:
”We decided to develop Tengai from scratch to make sure that she could conduct completely unbiased job interviews. By not using any previous data, Tengai won’t hold any preconceived or subjective opinions toward a candidate. Not before, during, or after the interview.”
She continues: ”We are therefore very excited to collaborate with Anders Sjöberg, a leading expert in psychometrics and selection methodology. Together, we will be able to measure and confirm the interview results and prove how the robot can make the recruitment process more fair for candidates and more effective for companies.”
Anders Sjöberg, CEO at Psychometrics Sweden AB, on why the research is important:
”I have been very skeptical when it comes to using AI to mitigate unconscious biases and especially when it is developed to recreate human abilities. But Tengai is the first serious attempt I have come across where the development team is open to be scientifically evaluated and want to measure how effective and useful Tengai is during a recruitment process.”
The validation study is now up and running and a pilot study will be conducted throughout the summer of 2019. A more comprehensive study will start in the fall.
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Tengai Job Interview Mitigates Unconscious Bias
Tengai AB is a recently incorporated HR Tech startup in Stockholm, Sweden that is utilizing artificial intelligence and an unbiased recruitment methodology in interview robot Tengai, developed in partnership with social robotics pioneer Furhat Robotics.
The social AI-robot is enhancing the candidate experience, freeing up time and helping recruiters and hiring managers in making objective hiring decisions. The robot was originally a collaboration between recruitment and staffing agency TNG, who programmed the diversity and inclusion software at the TNGx innovation lab, and Furhat Robotics, The robot was originally a collaboration between recruitment and staffing agency TNG, who programmed the diversity and inclusion software at the TNGx innovation lab, and Furhat Robotics, who builds and develops the social AI-robotics platform.
Today Tengai AB continues to partner with Furhat Robotics to continue to develop the next generation of unbiased interview product.
