A couple of weeks ago I speculated that it won’t be long before candidates for a job interview are screened by profiling their lifestream.

This morning I woke up to a Tweet from @tweetpsych.

TweetPsych uses two linguistic analysis algorithms (Regressive Imagery Dictionary and Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count) to build a psychological profile of a person based on the content of their last 1,000 tweets. It was created by social and viral marketing scientist Dan Zarrella.

TweetPsych’s analysis of my Twitter feed is as follows:

• You often talk about various cognitive processes like learning, thinking, knowing, etc
• You tend to talk about the past
• You talk a lot about jobs and your work
• You often discuss positive sensations and feelings
• You’re an agreeable person

I reckon that tools such as this will quickly become part of the recruitment toolkit.

Think before you Tweet.