Ask HN: How are you dealing with AI-assisted interview cheaters?

I hire for a variety of knowledge work roles (albeit not software engineering).

If somebody can figure out a way to pass the interview with AI they can probably figure out how to do the job. If they can’t, they get fired. Some people who pass the interview without AI end up getting fired, too.

I don’t think there’s anything unethical about using AI to pass an interview.

> I don’t think there’s anything unethical about using AI to pass an interview.

Assuming a job description / interviewer explicitly prohibits the use of AI, then using it "in stealth" represents a basic lack of integrity. And I guess it needs to be explicitly stated, but this is orthogonal to how well they would actually perform in the actual job.

How would this be ethically any different than a student who sneaks in an LLM using a tiny camera and wireless BT headset during an exam?

I don’t follow every rule in the world and don’t expect anyone else to either.

It’s a risk using AI in a job interview situation like you describe and if I thought the risk was worth the reward I might do it.

I mean maybe there’s some very small number of classified/protected data situations (not just “these are our sales numbers and are private”) where I think maybe the integrity component actually matters.

But if it’s just some random job that doesn’t like people using AI for some bogus reason, give me a break. They can make the rules as easily as people can break them.

The school thing isn’t that different except for the risk and the reward. The risk is higher the closer you are to graduation and the reward isn’t that great since colleges are so easy these days that you almost certainly don’t need to do anything against the rules to graduate.

With respect, are you seriously so naive as to believe that a script kiddie—someone already willing to use an AI background service to cheat on a job application—is going to spend even a femtosecond of thought reflecting on whether using dishonest means to secure the job might be more problematic in certain fields, like medicine or high-security roles?