ai job interviews hit bot-on-bot standoff

christopher, a government contractor, applied to 700 jobs in six months, with five applications going through an ai recruiter named riley. after getting ghosted, he used chatgpt to conduct a fake interview with riley. the call lasted 10 minutes, with both bots exchanging pleasantries but leading to no human follow-up. this experiment highlights the limitations and potential absurdity of ai-driven hiring processes. 63% of job seekers have encountered ai interviews, and startups are now working to detect ai-assisted responses.