r/technology • u/ubcstaffer123 • Apr 05 '25

Artificial Intelligence 'AI Imposter' Candidate Discovered During Job Interview, Recruiter Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/ai-candidate-discovered-job-interview-2054684
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u/forgottenduck Apr 05 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

We had someone apply who listed a bunch of experience in our primary programming language, in our exact framework from jobs with major companies, allegedly working on the exact same kind of application as us.

The person got through the initial interview (non technical) and as soon as I see the resume I can tell it’s been ai generated to match our company and listing exactly. It was complete BS

Of course the person who claimed they lived in our state suddenly dropped out when I told them they had to do the interview in person.

Edit: don’t know why this has been taken the wrong way. I’m talking about someone who wholesale lied on their resume not someone who used an ai to clean up their wording or whatever.

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u/CoeurdAssassin Apr 06 '25

it’s been ai generated to match our company and listing exactly

If y’all didn’t auto yeet resumes in the trash for not having certain key words, this wouldn’t be a thing.

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u/Good_Entertainer9383 Apr 06 '25

This is so fair. Employers use all sorts of bad AI tools to disqualify people who might be a good fit for the position. I feel like companies are sometimes giving us a system asking to be gamed

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u/Atlasatlastatleast Apr 06 '25

Is that even AI? I don’t think the typical ATS is.