Dystopian and dehumanising: that’s what it felt like when I was interviewed by an AI assistant

Outsourcing the essential task of interviewing job applicants to a machine seems lazy at best, negligent at worst. I want better for all of us

Over the past 15 years of my working life, I’ve done a lot of interviews for a lot of different jobs and industries: call centre operator, social media manager, bookseller, copywriter, library worker. Recently, after completing my first year of a masters degree in early childhood and primary teaching, I applied for a preschool education role and experienced a first: being interviewed by AI.

I’d heard of this practice and was aware of its shortcomings, from how demoralising it is to the risk of discrimination.

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