Soon algorithms rather than humans may decide whether or not you get the job writes The Economist. Some of the interesting things they’ve found:

• Applicants who have joined one or two social networks are more likely to stay in the position longer. Those who have joined four or more are not.
• Honest candidates usually make bad salespeople.
• Applicants with a criminal record are better at making customer-support calls than those without one.
• Individuals who fill out online applications with a different browser than that which came with their computer usually do better.

Read more about this future, its perils, its successes, and how businesses are implementing them over here.

Source: The Economist