Review my hiring process for bias and compliance risks
A review of job ads, screening, interviews, and decisions for bias and common legal risks, with practical fixes.
The prompt
Review my hiring process for bias and compliance risks.
Country / state where we hire: [LOCATIONS]
Materials to review: [PASTE job ad, screening questions, interview questions, scorecard, rejection templates]
Process description: [steps, who decides, tools used - e.g. AI resume screening, assessments, video interviews]
Company size: [employees - this can change which laws apply]
Concerns: [anything specific]
Check for:
1. Job ads: gendered or age-coded wording, unnecessary requirements (degrees, years, physical demands), missing pay ranges where pay-transparency laws apply.
2. Screening: knockout questions that may screen out protected groups, salary-history questions where banned, criminal-history timing rules, work-authorization questions phrased improperly.
3. Interviews: unstructured questions, illegal or risky questions, inconsistent criteria between candidates.
4. Tools: automated or AI screening that may need bias audits, notices, or candidate consent.
5. Decisions and records: documentation of reasons, record retention, data privacy, and accommodation requests.
Output: a table with Issue | Where found | Risk (High / Medium / Low) | Why it matters | Fix. Then rewrite any problem questions.
This is general information, not legal advice - laws differ by location and change often. Mark items to confirm with an employment lawyer as [VERIFY].
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- LOCATIONS
- employees - this can change which laws apply
- anything specific
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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