Google opts for in-person interviews amid surge in AI-aided candidates

“I think it’ll help both the candidates understand Google’s culture and I think it’s good for both sides,” the CEO said as quoted by CNBC.

Preventing deep fakes

But the reinstatement of in-person interviews across organisations is not just about jobseekers using AI to assist them in interviews.

There have also been cases of AI-generated deep fake personas meant to fool hiring managers into hiring fraudsters so they can infiltrate organisations.

Gartner previously warned that one in four job candidates globally will be fake by 2028, thanks to generative AI making deepfakes “increasingly sophisticated and adaptable.”

In one case, Vidoc Security co-founder Dawid Moczadlo shared on LinkedIn that a job candidate he recently interviewed was using AI to alter his appearance during a technical interview.