""In the video, a young woman interviews for a job on a video call. She has a smartphone propped up against her laptop screen, so she can read off the responses that an AI app has composed for her: 'Um, yeah, so, one of my key strengths is my adaptability.' She's got a point. Getting generative artificial intelligence to whisper into your ear during a job interview certainly counts as adaptable.""
""Another such post, which has racked up 5.3 million views, is subtitled 'My interviewer thought he caught me using Ai in our LIVE interview.' It shows the same potential boss from all the other videos asking her to share her screen and click through her browser tabs. After doing this, she resumes reading off her phone. 'Little did he know,' the subtitle says.""
""AI-job-search anxiety has been growing for some time. In the past few years, employers started using AI to 'read' and screen the thousands of résumés they may receive for each job posting; job searchers began to deluge HR departments (or at least their automated filters) with AI-generated applications; and companies began employing AI agents -fake people-to conduct their first-round interviews. Imagine eating a hearty breakfast, donning your best blazer, and discovering that you'll be judged by a robo-recruiter.""
Candidates are increasingly using generative AI during video interviews by reading AI-composed responses from phones hidden near laptops, producing assisted answers that can appear authentic. Employers are deploying AI to screen résumés and to run first-round interviews via automated agents, while applicants submit AI-generated applications to pass automated filters. Viral social posts demonstrate candidates evading live scrutiny and occasional screen-share checks. The escalating use of AI in hiring creates an arms race that complicates genuine skill evaluation and nudges some employers to return to in-person interviews and stricter verification measures.
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