Here's the part nobody defending these tools wants to answer. When a candidate asks why they were rejected, the company can't say. Not won't say. Can't. The screening model belongs to a vendor. The weights are proprietary. The training data is proprietary. The HR department bought a score and has no idea what produced it. We already decided as a society that employment decisions need to be explainable, which is the entire point of adverse impact doctrine and EEOC record keeping rules (EEOC guidance). A black box that can't be audited, explained, or challenged is a liability machine with a SaaS contract. Ban it until vendors can open the box, and watch how fast the 'innovation' disappears once sunlight hits it.
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