alt Hacker NewsI encountered two of these in a recent search, and they put me off so badly that I started ignoring subsequent opportunities that started off like this.
I don't mind written Q&A as part of a screening, but AI interactions, via voice or text, seem very unsuitable for the task of identifying candidates. The questions were non-specific, I was cut off mid sentence (voice prompts), and although the systems were supposed to be interactive my asks for clarification were ignored or returned unhelpful answers. I have never felt like I presented myself so poorly.
As long as I have money in the bank, I won't take any company that uses this approach seriously.
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Your loss. Potentially. I wouldn't judge a company by the HR department. Unless you are applying for an HR job, naturally.
I'd see this as something you can hack to get to level 2. Assuming you are interested in the company. I wouldn't let this sort of thing put me off of something I wanted.
Having recently experienced talking to AI voice bots (for customer support, not for interviewing), it's bizzare that you don't know what they know and they're just making up.
If you ask "Will the role expect me to XYZ" the bot probably only has limited context from a job posting 1 pager, so you can't actually trust it or try to align with it's goals/experiences.