A Reddit user has shared a “weird” experience of being interviewed by an artificial intelligence (AI) bot instead of a human recruiter. An anonymous user’s post has sparked a wide-ranging discussion on the internet about the growing use of artificial intelligence in the recruitment process. According to the user, he expected to speak to a real recruiter when he started noticing unusual signs. The interviewer’s head movements were slightly odd, almost repetitive, with small, frequent twitches every few seconds.
What exactly happened during the interview?
“One morning I got an email inviting me to an online interview. Nothing out of the ordinary. I clicked on the link. A video popped up and there was my interviewer. She smiled, nodded and asked questions,” the user wrote.
“But something was… off. Her head was shaking a little too much, like it was repeating itself. There was a tiny twitch every few seconds. I shrugged it off, thinking it might just be internet issues.”
The user added: “Then we jump into the questions. I answered, she answered, but the way she spoke… too perfect. No hesitation, no ‘uh’. I felt weird, paused and tried to ask her, ‘Why do you think this role matters?'”
When did the candidate realize something was wrong?
The candidate noticed that the answers looked unnaturally flawless and typed. The AI bot’s behavior then became increasingly strange – the screen froze for a moment before smoothly resuming as if nothing had happened.
“I’m not against hiring AI, but if the interviewer is basically a talking robot, shouldn’t candidates at least be informed?” the user asked as he finished his post.
How did people react online?
The post sparked a lively debate on social media, with many users sharing their own experiences with AI-led conversations. “If the interviewer can be AI then candidates should be allowed to use AI to match energy,” one user commented.
Another wrote: “The AI interviewer is nothing new, I think I saw one video where the AI interviewers suddenly had a conversation with each other during the interview, leaving the job applicant speechless – it was gold.”
A third user recalled: “I think I was being interviewed by an AI in a phone conversation. It was…unreal. It sounded human in many ways, it was just…off in a way that I can’t quite quantify (lol, which is probably why it’s off ‘like this’. If you can quantify it, you can include it in the algorithm).”
