In-person job interviews are on the rise as recruiters adapt to candidates using AI during the process — even on video. Recruiters told The Wall Street Journal last week that, though virtual interviews are still popular, the format has a downside: candidates turning to AI for answers during the interview, and reading them out verbatim.
This is particularly an issue for technical interviews, experts told CNBC , when potential hires are faced with the pressure of thinking of technical solutions on the spot. Instead of relying on their own mental aptitude, candidates are overwhelmingly using AI responses to cheat.
Now, major companies, including Google and McKinsey, are cracking down on AI use by bringing back in-person interviews.
McKinsey, for example, started asking hiring man