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My job interview was hosted by an AI agent

Line illustration: two identical small robots facing each other across a table, with one empty chair at the far end.

I did a job interview that was hosted by an AI agent. It was weird.

The agent didn't have a flavor or a vibe. It just took note of my answers. What was discombobulating was that you couldn't connect. It made me question whether I was giving the right answer. It wasn't working well because we weren't vibing on the same page.

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So it made me think that maybe the answer is to create my own AI agent to go into that interview with the AI agent.

And it makes sense. I think that's how the future will begin to work. Instead of a resume, you have an AI agent that knows everything about you, and it gets interviewed 24/7 by the other AI agent.

Where a person still matters

What's really hard is that it does not connect emotionally. A person will still need to do the hiring. Connection and culture can only be learned in person.

Because of that, I think in the future we'll have an always-on extension of us that can interview with a company at any point in time. Instead of applying through resumes, companies will be proactive about looking for people. I think that's the future of hiring.

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