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AI Has Broken Hiring

Generative AI is undermining the reliability of traditional hiring signals, enabling candidates to fabricate polished résumés and perform convincingly in interviews regardless of actual competence. This trend threatens the validity of conventional hiring practices, as the ability to excel in interviews becomes scalable and cost-free.

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AI Has Broken Hiring
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Generative AI is rapidly undermining the reliability of traditional hiring signals, making it easier for candidates to manufacture polished résumés and perform convincingly in remoteFor decades, corporate hiring has favored candidates who could present a flawless résumé and deliver highly structured answers to interview questions. Today, generative AI is making it easier for applicants to do those things, whether they have the underlying competence or not. Put another way, the ability to perform well in interviews is becoming infinitely scalable and practically free. For anyone involved in recruiting, that’s a problem.

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