This AI-to-AI interviewing video is a great laugh. It’s almost certainly staged.
Comedian Graham Dot Zip had an AI agent take an interview on his behalf. It answered questions and negotiated salary, but couldn’t…quite…figure out how to say goodbye.
It’s easy to decry the rise of AI interviewers, but they are understandable for recruiters drowning in resumes.
The average posting receives over 250 applications, more than double the number before ChatGPT. If a diligent recruiter screens 20 people, 230 get rejected based on resume alone. That often means to finding tiny reasons to pick between qualified applications.
AIs allow companies to consider everyone who might fit. A good interview process follows AI screens with live, ideally in-person interviews.
Surprisingly, an experiment with 70,000 call center applicants in the Philippines found 78% of candidates chose AI over human interviewers. Those interviewed by AI got more offers and had higher retention. (Humans still chose who to hire.)
So absolutely let’s dunk on the AIs, they won’t take it personally.
But remember, AI could be the difference between a live conversation and a quick rejection.