LESSON 4 OF 6 · ADVANCED
Evaluate accessibility and selection impact
AI-assisted selection can affect candidates differently and may create accessibility barriers. Review job relevance, evidence quality, error patterns and accommodation routes with qualified HR or legal specialists. Vendor marketing is not a substitute for validation. Do not present this academy’s exercises as approved hiring assessments. Requirements can vary by location and application.
Create a vendor-question checklist covering purpose, data, limitations, accessibility and review.
About 2 minutes reading + 12 minutes practice. Take longer when needed.
Apply the method
Ask a vendor what the system measures, how evidence supports that use, where it fails, how people can contest or correct errors and what accessible alternatives exist. Review job relevance and potential unequal effects with qualified specialists. Consider how the tool’s inputs could be proxies for protected characteristics or disability-related behavior. Document human review and decision authority. This course does not certify compliance; requirements vary with jurisdiction and use. A training checklist is a starting point for questions, not permission to deploy an assessment.
A worked application
Fictional example: A video-interview tool scores speech patterns. The employer asks whether the score measures a required job capability or could penalize disability-related behavior. It requests evidence, error handling and an alternative process. If those critical questions remain unresolved, the deployment pauses. A vendor’s assurance that its system is objective does not answer the substantive questions.
Common mistake to avoid
Do not assume automation removes discrimination risk or transfers the employer’s responsibility to the vendor.
Work through the case
FICTIONAL SCENARIO
A video scoring tool may misread a candidate’s speech or disability-related behavior. A seemingly efficient assessment can therefore exclude someone for reasons unrelated to the work.
Make it practical
Create a vendor-question checklist covering purpose, data, limitations, accessibility and review.
Compare your reasoning with a worked response
Ask what the system measures, what evidence supports it, how errors are corrected and who can provide an alternative process. Do not deploy while critical questions remain unresolved.
Takeaway
Use the method to explain your decision, identify what you still need to verify and choose an accountable next step.
Treat the response as a model for reasoning, not the only possible wording. Adapt it to the role, evidence and appropriate organizational guidance.