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Job description bias checker: what Neuromine checks
Paste a job advert and get an evidence-based read on bias, hidden requirements, pay transparency and inclusion signals. Free, no sign-up, no employer scoring — here's exactly what it looks for.
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The checker is free and takes about thirty seconds. Paste the full text of a job advert — including the bits about the company and the benefits, because that's where the interesting signals hide — and it reports what it found with the reasoning behind each flag.
What the checker looks for
Pay transparency
Deterministic detection of salary disclosure — ranges, single figures, 'competitive salary' and full omission are each recognised and reported separately.
Hidden requirements
Requirements buried in prose ('you'll naturally be comfortable presenting to the board') rather than listed where candidates can self-assess against them.
Intensity-culture language
'Fast-paced', 'thrive under pressure', 'work hard, play hard' — signals of unpredictable workload that land hardest on candidates who need routine and notice.
Interview format disclosure
Whether the advert says how many stages there are and what they involve — one of the strongest practical signals of an adjustments-friendly employer.
Adjustments and accessibility
Whether reasonable adjustments, an accessibility contact or Disability Confident membership are mentioned anywhere in the advert.
Gendered and personality-coded language
Personality proxies ('bubbly', 'rockstar', 'guru') and gender-coded word patterns that screen on style rather than skill.
Working-hours specificity
Whether 'flexible' and 'hybrid' are backed by concrete detail — core hours, named office days, travel expectations — or left as claims.
How it works, briefly
Detection combines deterministic pattern rules with a constrained language-model pass. Things that can be verified mechanically — pay disclosure, working-hours specificity, interview-format disclosure — are handled by rules, so the same advert always gets the same result. The language model is only allowed to report on patterns the detectors actually found; it cannot invent claims. Every category is anchored in published UK guidance (EHRC, Acas, CIPD, Disability Confident, the Buckland Review).
Common questions
Is the bias checker free?
Yes. Paste a job advert and the full analysis is free, with no account and no sign-up. There is no employer-facing paid tier — the tool is built to help candidates read adverts, and employers are welcome to use it to check their own.
Does it score or grade my company?
No. Neuromine does not produce an employer inclusivity score. It reports what it found in the text — specific patterns, with the reasoning — so you can judge each one in context.
How is this different from a gender decoder?
Gender-decoder tools check for masculine- and feminine-coded words. Neuromine includes that class of check but goes further: pay transparency, hidden requirements, interview format, adjustments information, intensity-culture language and working-hours specificity. See the full comparison on our Gender Decoder alternative page.
Can I trust an automated check?
Treat it as a first pass, not a verdict. The deterministic detectors (pay disclosure, hours ambiguity, interview format) are rule-based and reproducible; the language-model pass is constrained to report only what the detectors found. The methodology page documents exactly what the tool can and cannot tell you.
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Neuromine's free analyser reads a job advert against every pattern on this page and tells you what it found — no sign-up, no employer score.
Written by Theo, who runs Neurodiversity at Work and builds Neuromine.
Theo's speaking and training practice works with UK employers on neuroinclusive hiring.