Job Seekers Are Using AI During Interviews

So the employment arms race has officially entered its most pathetic phase yet: candidates using ChatGPT to answer interview questions live. Resume Genius reports that 22% of job seekers are already doing this, with 78% using AI somewhere in their search. Because why prepare for a job when you can have a robot prepare for you? The predictable response? Ha. Because the same system that ghosted you after five rounds is definitely interested in transparency.

Yes, policies. The go-to solution for any problem you don't actually want to solve. We can already picture the HR memos: "We strongly encourage candidates to be themselves — but if being themselves means flubbing a technical question, maybe lean into the AI." The disconnect is beautiful: employers use AI to screen resumes, schedule calls, and even evaluate performance, but somehow candidates using the same tools is unfair? The hypocrisy would be funny if it weren't so predictable.

Of course, the real winner here is the AI companies themselves, who are about to enjoy a boom in "interview copilot" subscriptions. We've now created a market where candidates pay to cheat audition-style, and recruiters pay to detect the cheating. It's the cybersecurity model applied to hiring — an endless, profitable loop of attack and defense. And somewhere, a hiring manager is wondering why nobody stays longer than six months. Gallows humour aside, this is the logical endpoint of treating job applications as a game to be gamed. Cheers.