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What a trial lawyer sees: Dear Employee, before we even talk to you, please spend time revealing to us your race, sex, age and differently-abled status. Thanks.

It's almost certainly a non-starter at any big company for that reason.

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"One of the presenters was Carol Miaskoff, Assistant Legal Counsel for Coordination at the EEOC. Her guidance was less than equivocal but predictable: 'As with any recruiting technology . . . it all depends how you use it as to whether or not it would violate the federal EEO laws."

- from http://www.waemploymentlawblog.com/blog/2008/05/video-interv...

Honest question: How is this different from the actual interview process? All it does is potentially reveal these things earlier, but still prior to a hire. By this logic, couldn't you argue that big companies wouldn't participate in face to face interviews?

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