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Interviews are often the only way employers have to get to know a candidate personally before they offer them a job. While background and reference checks are standard for most new hires, they don't always catch behaviors that can clash with a company's culture and values and create a toxic work environment.California-based Fama Technologies is offering another layer of screening to help identify risky applicants before they get hired.

Fama, which was launched in 2015, creates risk profiles for job applicants or even current employees by scouring publicly-available content online, including social media, message boards, blogs, news articles and comment sections that can be tied to a current or prospective employee. Read More"We do not score, there's no thumbs up or down," said Fama CEO Ben Mones."We aren't saying anything about the person ... We can say this piece of text is an example of bigotry.

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