Brain scans during interviews 'are taking things too far'

Conducting brain scans on candidates during interviews is taking things too far, one sector analyst has stated.

Alex Deane, director of Big Brother Watch, an organisation which fights intrusions on the privacy and liberties of British people, said that brain scans are taking vetting processes to the extreme.

Many firms currently employ psychometric profiling alongside conventional interview techniques when evaluating sales job candidates, but to study a person's brain to gauge their reactions would be intrusive, Mr Deane claims.

It comes after research carried out at the University of California and published in the journal BMC Research Notes suggested that brain scans may be able to help people choose their career.

The specialists studied 40 people seeking career guidance and found that structure patterns correlated with different kinds of ability, such as speed of reasoning, numerical skills, spatial awareness and memory, as well as general intelligence.

However, Mr Deane stated: "Interviews are intrusive enough to start with without brain scans. It's allowing companies to go too far with access to our information. If we allow this, where will scans and intrusions stop?"

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Posted by John Oak

Filed: 26-07-2010