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Re: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

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Post by bluefirebrand » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:54 PM UTC

MrBrobot wrote: post #103

> Candidates tell Fortune that AI interviewers make them feel unappreciated to the point where they’d rather skip out on potential job opportunities, reasoning the company’s culture can’t be great if human bosses won’t make the time to interview them. But HR experts argue the opposite; since AI interviewers can help hiring managers save time in first-round calls, the humans have more time to have more meaningful conv…

> But HR experts argue the opposite

Once again proving that somehow HR has become captured by bug people

Re: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

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Post by throwawayoldie » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:55 PM UTC

the__alchemist wrote: post #206

throwawayoldie wrote: post #169

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"While some worry AI will dehumanize the hiring process, we believe the opposite." "AI will create jobs instead of destroying them." "AI will solve the climate crisis despite doubling or tripling humanity's energy footprint." At some point it became acceptable to lie to the public with a straight face.

This is some I've thought about more lately. It's taboo to use the word "lie" and accuse people of lying... I am attempting to use it in my vocabulary more and more, when appropriate. Which is surprisingly often.

I've noticed the word "bullshit" is making a big comeback, which is encouraging to me. Because, good Lord, is there ever so much bullshit.

Re: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

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Post by spauldo » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:55 PM UTC

flohofwoe wrote: post #181

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #175

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Unless it's a government job, the interviewers don't have guns. They just have money. Nobody said I have to talk to them.

They don't have guns - yet ;)

More like they don't have guns any more.

Go back a hundred years, you can see what went on when they did. And the government was right there with them.

Re: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

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Post by throwawayoldie » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:55 PM UTC

newswasboring wrote: post #208

shermantanktop wrote: post #193

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It surprises me that the monied elite seem to have so little awareness of what happens when they keep winning.

Please give me an example of what happens. Edit: before someone throws very strong platitudes at me again, I would like to see real-world examples. Because at least in my lifetime there have been zero consequences for people in power. Edit 2: I've been banned from replying to this thread (lol, talk about power of the state). I guess I didn't define my acceptance criteria properly. But I thought it would be clear that…

Some very close haircuts.

Re: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

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Post by newswasboring » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:56 PM UTC

Balgair wrote: post #89

I did one of these once. Once . I felt so bad afterwards that I swore them off forever. It's not like the 'interview' was terrible or anything. I knew it was AI from the start. It was just that when I got done with it, I realized that I had talked at a computer for ~45 minutes. And, yet again, I was going to be ghosted by the company (I was), and that I was never going to get those 45 minutes back. That was time I co…

I hate useless excessive interview processes as much as the next guy, but all the things you've said would be true for any form of interview. You'll not get you time back and you could have been using it in many other ways. The company could still ghost you too. You said nothing which was exclusive to an AI interview.

Re: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

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Post by 67535272 » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:57 PM UTC

delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #173

throwawayoldie wrote: post #165

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It's where we're headed _if we let these assholes get away with it_. They have the money and guns, but we have the numbers.

The sickle and hammer looking real interesting now.

100 million deaths, for the record.

Re: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

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Post by threetonesun » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:57 PM UTC

DavidWoof wrote: post #202

threetonesun wrote: post #141

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Same argument for removing customer service with chatbots or AI. It's entirely untrue, and creates a much worse customer experience, but because people drop out your KPIs / NPS is based off of people who were willing to put up with shit to get to a real human.

Give me an AI chatbot over someone with poor English skills reading a script any day of the week. My problem probably isn't unique, it's probably something fairly obvious that was vague in the instructions. Now, the important thing is offer a way to upgrade to a human. But I have no problem at all starting with AI, in fact I honestly prefer it.

Sure, because you've already lived with 10+ years of enshittification in the process. Customer support used to be an in-house team that was actually trained on providing relevant support, not an outsourced call-center that's as (or more) useless than a chatbot.

In some ways it's not that different with hiring. I used to work with HR teams that knew the roles they were hiring for extremely well and could make reliable calls on whether or not to pass a candidate to a hiring manager. More recently I've seen HR get outsourced entirely, or staffed with cheaper employees that just shuffle documents through systems.

Re: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

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Post by shermantanktop » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:57 PM UTC

newswasboring wrote: post #208

shermantanktop wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It surprises me that the monied elite seem to have so little awareness of what happens when they keep winning.

Please give me an example of what happens. Edit: before someone throws very strong platitudes at me again, I would like to see real-world examples. Because at least in my lifetime there have been zero consequences for people in power. Edit 2: I've been banned from replying to this thread (lol, talk about power of the state). I guess I didn't define my acceptance criteria properly. But I thought it would be clear that…

When it goes on just a little too long, it can result in the French Revolution and 1917 and the election of populist candidates with unexpected consequences.

So sure, not a given, but it’s a risk that goes up as conditions get worse.

Re: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

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Post by kergonath » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:58 PM UTC

shermantanktop wrote: post #193

delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The sickle and hammer looking real interesting now.

It surprises me that the monied elite seem to have so little awareness of what happens when they keep winning.

What is even more infuriating is that they can keep winning. They just have to stop being arseholes about it and pay lip service to wealth redistribution and social progress. It’s their winner-takes-all fuck-you-got-mine mentality that is pouring fuel on the fire

Re: Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers

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Post by jghn » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:59 PM UTC

newswasboring wrote: post #215

Balgair wrote: post #89

I did one of these once. Once . I felt so bad afterwards that I swore them off forever. It's not like the 'interview' was terrible or anything. I knew it was AI from the start. It was just that when I got done with it, I realized that I had talked at a computer for ~45 minutes. And, yet again, I was going to be ghosted by the company (I was), and that I was never going to get those 45 minutes back. That was time I co…

I hate useless excessive interview processes as much as the next guy, but all the things you've said would be true for any form of interview. You'll not get you time back and you could have been using it in many other ways. The company could still ghost you too. You said nothing which was exclusive to an AI interview.

The problem is now the company has no skin in the game. If the company spent a large amount of time & energy vetting the candidate then it is a more equal transaction.