I hire for a variety of knowledge work roles (albeit not software engineering).
If somebody can figure out a way to pass the interview with AI they can probably figure out how to do the job. If they can’t, they get fired. Some people who pass the interview without AI end up getting fired, too.
I don’t think there’s anything unethical about using AI to pass an interview.
> I don’t think there’s anything unethical about using AI to pass an interview.
Assuming a job description / interviewer explicitly prohibits the use of AI, then using it "in stealth" represents a basic lack of integrity. And I guess it needs to be explicitly stated, but this is orthogonal to how well they would actually perform in the actual job.
How would this be ethically any different than a student who sneaks in an LLM using a tiny camera and wireless BT headset during an exam?
I don’t follow every rule in the world and don’t expect anyone else to either.
It’s a risk using AI in a job interview situation like you describe and if I thought the risk was worth the reward I might do it.
I mean maybe there’s some very small number of classified/protected data situations (not just “these are our sales numbers and are private”) where I think maybe the integrity component actually matters.
But if it’s just some random job that doesn’t like people using AI for some bogus reason, give me a break. They can make the rules as easily as people can break them.
The school thing isn’t that different except for the risk and the reward. The risk is higher the closer you are to graduation and the reward isn’t that great since colleges are so easy these days that you almost certainly don’t need to do anything against the rules to graduate.
With respect, are you seriously so naive as to believe that a script kiddie—someone already willing to use an AI background service to cheat on a job application—is going to spend even a femtosecond of thought reflecting on whether using dishonest means to secure the job might be more problematic in certain fields, like medicine or high-security roles?
Right that’s why I don’t care that much about AI use in interviews even when it’s “banned.”
People are going to break rules.
There are rules you would break that I wouldn’t break. There are rules I would break that you wouldn’t break. There are rules other people would break that you and I wouldn’t break.
I decide the rules that I’m willing to break and don’t particularly care what other people are willing to break. I can’t control them. I can control me.
A lot of people breaking a rule might make me more willing to break it myself or it might not. Depends on the situation and the rule.
I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make?
exactly THIS. we 100% encourage using anything and everything for the interview but are structuring them now such that AI could help but you gotta still now what you are doing. my colleague best described this as “open book, open notes” exams at the Uni - those were always the hardest :)
I think you hit on a key part. You have to adjust a bit so that AI doesn’t allow anyone to pass through your process.
Like I used to do small writing samples from most candidates. That’s gone now and for client facing roles, I replaced it with mock meetings. I send over prep material + meeting goal and then let the candidate lead a 20 minute meeting with me playing the client. At the end we talk about how it went.
I see candidates who clearly used AI to prep and kill it and then candidates who did little prep (AI or otherwise) and try to wing it.
How does ai help you prep for a client meeting? Telling you how to structure a meeting? Giving you topics? For someone who has done 100+ meetings I'm not sure I see the advantages unless you are using ai to replace google then you run the risk of learning fake information.
There are mock interviews and mock meeting services that would really help you prepare.
What you are suggesting is using ai to learn to drive when you should be getting in the car.
> What you are suggesting is using ai to learn to drive when you should be getting in the car.
No it isn’t.
> For someone who has done 100+ meetings I'm not sure I see the advantages
When you’ve tried using AI to assist in your meeting prep what has your experience been like?