JPMorgan Chase tests neuroscience-based videogames to recruit interns

FILE PHOTO: A view of the exterior of the JP Morgan Chase & Co. corporate headquarters in New York City May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files/File Photo

NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase & Co is testing neuroscience-based video games to help recruit interns, as it seeks to increase the diversity of its workforce by broadening its candidate pool.

The bank is piloting technology from pymetrics, a startup whose games help companies assess applicants' social, cognitive and behavioural features, such as attention, memory and altruism, Matt Mitro, JPMorgan's head of campus recruiting, said in an interview.