Companies Start Using AI To Conduct Job Interviews, Applicants And Folks Online Are Disturbed
Looking for a job is hard, so when you finally land an interview, it can be a pretty good feeling. You do your prep, you dress up, have your talking points ready and then join the remote video call, only to discover that the company has decided to outsource this task to what amounts to a glorified chatbot.
People across the internet share their experiences with virtually joining a job interview, only to realize that they are being “interviewed” by AI. We reached out to some of the folks who posted their experiences via private message and will update the article when they get back to us.
Job interviews can be stressful enough as it is
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But some people are reporting now being “interviewed” by AI
You can watch one examples shared by this content creator
@user27244472♬ original sound – 🐬
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Many companies don’t even warn applicants that they will be using AI
@petobsessed777 Should I email them? I was expecting a real human. They didnt tell me ahead of time theyd use AI. #ai♬ original sound – Freddie
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Often the result leaves a lot to be desired
@its_ken04 It was genuinely so creepy and weird. Please stop trying to be lazy and have AI try to do YOUR JOB!!! It gave me the creeps so bad #fyp♬ original sound – Its Ken 🤍
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Some folks have even started playing around with it
@sebwhatseb ..did an AI just get hired? #fyp#interview#ai♬ original sound – Sebastian
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You can watch the full video here
Other commenters shared their own experiences
Many viewers hated the idea
While some liked it
