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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Alaina Demopoulos in New York

The job applicants shut out by AI: ‘The interviewer sounded like Siri’

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Employers are using AI in hiring – and so are applicants. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/Wikimedia Commons

When Ty landed an introductory phone interview with a finance and banking company last month, they assumed it would be a quick chat with a recruiter. And when they got on the phone, Ty assumed the recruiter, who introduced herself as Jaime, was human. But things got robotic.

“The voice sounded similar to Siri,” said Ty, who is 29 and lives in the DC metro area. “It was creepy.”

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