Is this legal?

I'm intrigued as to what the job is that you're applying for and how assigning emotions to faces relates to it? As others have said, it depends whether this is a relevant skill needed for the job.

Expecto_Patronum said:

I'm intrigued as to what the job is that you're applying for and how assigning emotions to faces relates to it?

It is not that the job requires this specific skill but rather a fairly complex set of questions that build up a profile of the character of the interviewee.

This link explains the theory behind them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychometrics

When you consider how many people post on this site about issues they have in work with understanding their colleagues / managers, the team social interactions, handling customers or many of the day to day aspects of the job (phones ringing, multi tasking, pressure to deliver and of course managing others - we (neurodivergents) have become a problem hire in a lot of roles that stress our weaknesses.

With this track record the company has developed a way to filter out people who do not meet the personality type that the companies have found to be a stable hire in such a situaiton.

Does this disadvantage autists - most certainly.

Does it give companies more reliable hires - also most certainly.

From the companies perspective they can hide behind the test results and say "it wasn't me guv, we just folllowed their recommendations" so absolves them of claims of discrimination.

You can game the system - I certainly did in my last decade of so of management when I had to do these - but I understood enough about psychology and the testing process to know what they were looking for so gave them answers they wanted.

There seem to be plenty of test prep sites out there where you can prepare yourself and get better at what is effectively masking - it seems the only way to beat that part of the system.

Is it wrong? Not from the employers perspective but probably yes from an autists perspective. Alas we have no effective way to protest this while it is giving positive results for the employers.

If the skill isn't needed for the job then it is discrimination. The company should know what the testing involves if they're using it for employment and they should know that they are not suitable tests for neurodivergent people. 

We absolutely can protest it because it goes against our rights. How can an autistic person prove themselves capable when they're not given the chance because of a test that goes against their brain. Absolutely ridiculous.

If the skill isn't needed for the job then it is discrimination. The company should know what the testing involves if they're using it for employment and they should know that they are not suitable tests for neurodivergent people. 

We absolutely can protest it because it goes against our rights. How can an autistic person prove themselves capable when they're not given the chance because of a test that goes against their brain. Absolutely ridiculous.