More virtual candidates are using AI tools to cheat by feeding them answers off screen, especially in technical interviews, recruiters say. So companies are returning to the retro idea of in-person job interviews. Via the Wall St. Journal:
Companies are responding by going old school. Cisco and McKinsey are among a growing number of companies bringing back or adding face-to-face meetings with candidates at various stages of the interview process. Google also has brought back in-person interviews for some roles this year, in part to ensure interviewees have the proper skills, for instance, in coding.
“We are making sure we’ll introduce at least one round of in-person interviews for people, just to make sure the fundamentals are there,” Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said on the Lex