Many companies are now replacing real human recruiters with lengthy, proctored AI interviews — sometimes lasting over 40 minutes. For candidates, this feels absurd, especially when the system claims to learn about your personality and skills solely through automated prompts and video analysis.
This shift suggests a wider trust in AI for critical hiring decisions, even though cybersecurity failures continue to rise year after year. There’s a growing disconnect between technological adoption and real-world risk management.
Despite the questionable outcomes, companies promote these systems as part of a prestigious hiring process. They boast about connecting top talent with major Silicon Valley firms, projecting confidence that AI-driven evaluation is the future.
Applicants are told that completing a personal AI interview is the next mandatory step to “showcase their skills.” It’s framed as an opportunity rather than another automated filter.
The interview process is positioned as simple and straightforward — roughly 30 minutes, unless you’re applying for an engineering role where a coding challenge is added. No preparation is supposedly required.
A short instructional video is provided so candidates know how the AI interview will operate and what the interface will look like. The message suggests this is for candidate comfort and transparency.
After completing the AI interview, applicants will update their digital profile with any missing information. This profile becomes their automated representation to hiring managers.
Finally, once “certified” by the system, candidates will passively receive interview requests from companies — assuming they meet the algorithm’s standards.
My Opinion
While automation can improve efficiency, replacing real human judgment with AI in the earliest — and most personal — stage of hiring risks turning candidates into data points rather than people. It raises concerns about fairness, privacy, and bias, not to mention the irony that organizations deploying these tools still struggle to secure their own systems. A balance is needed: let AI assist the process, but don’t let it remove humanity from hiring.
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