Your next job interview could be with an AI bot

Smile if you want, but the AI interviewer won't care. As recruiters buckle under a flood of AI-generated job applications, companies are fighting back with AI-powered interviews, using chatbots and on-screen avatars to screen candidates before a human ever gets involved.

And the stakes are real. Vague answers won't cut it. Career coach Amanda Augustine puts it simply: "The more prepared you are, the easier it will be to tailor your responses, even when you're interacting with AI instead of a person."

Workplace trends editor Priya Rathod warns that AI interviewers want numbers, not narratives. "Those are the kinds of questions that AI relies heavily on. And the trap that we see a lot of people falling into is giving really vague answers."

One more thing: don't think about using AI to cheat. Rathod says it's "pretty obvious" and can get you immediately disqualified. As one hiring platform puts it, "This is a test of your capability."