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I got screened by an AI bot today
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I got Riley too. They must be blasting the same script to everyone.
ngl Iโd prob troll it for my own entertainment ๐
If they canโt even put a real recruiter on the phone for a Director-level role, thatโs a red flag.
bro these bots are gonna be screening other bots soon, just watc
Same happened to me last week. Couldnโt answer anything nuanced, just steamrolled to the next q.
wowโฆ i thought AI screening was still in pilot phases. guess not.
lmao โAwesome!!โ ๐๐๐ yeah thatโs def a bot. good call hanging up.
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I applied for this job where I am a 90%+ match (according to the job site). Within 10 minutes I get a call. "Hello, I'm Riley, a virtual recruiter (...) do you have 5-7 minutes for a quick interview?"
Since I never suffered one before, I say "OK...", just to see what it's like. Bot's first question: "What was the last project you worked on?".
I'm at Director level. In my industry, you always work on 10+ projects at the same time, with all-kinds of cross-teams and external clients. So I instinctively ask: "Can you clarify? Can you be more specific?"
Bot's answer after some awkward seconds of silence: "Awesome!!".
It then proceeds to ask another stupid question which I barely listen to and I go: "Thanks. If I can't speak to a human being, I'm not interested in this position. Bye" and I hang up. I then get 4 text messages and a voice mail asking me to talk to the AI bot.
Afraid that's not happening, "Riley"