"Managers saw the company's engineers getting more done with the technology, so they needed to ensure new hires could do the same. "We just flipped the script and went, 'OK, we're going to invite you to use AI,'" Brendan Humphreys, Canva's chief technology officer, told Business Insider. The result, he said, has been stronger hires better equipped to wield powerful AI tools to help write code and solve problems."
"Canva is one of a growing number of companies - including Meta and McKinsey - that are inviting some job candidates to use AI in parts of the hiring process. Broadly, when ChatGPT emerged in late 2022, many employers worried that job seekers would use AI to help talk their way past interviewers. Yet as the technology becomes more capable and embedded in daily work, a number of companies are moving from policing it to evaluating candidates' AI know-how."
Leaders at Canva shifted from policing candidate use of AI to inviting candidates to use AI during technical interviews. Managers observed engineers completing more work with AI and adjusted hiring to ensure new hires can replicate that productivity. Canva reworked technical questions to be complex, ambiguous, and problematic so candidates using AI must demonstrate problem-solving and integration skills. Other companies, including Meta, McKinsey, and Arcade, similarly invite AI in parts of hiring or expect AI use in take-home exercises. Employers increasingly evaluate candidates' AI know-how rather than simply policing AI usage, aiming to hire workers prepared to use AI in daily work.
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