{"id":237718,"date":"2026-05-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/completely-horrible-uk-job-hunters-share-frustration-with-ai-interviews-ai-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:30:10","slug":"completely-horrible-uk-job-hunters-share-frustration-with-ai-interviews-ai-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/completely-horrible-uk-job-hunters-share-frustration-with-ai-interviews-ai-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Completely horrible\u2019: UK job hunters share frustration with AI interviews | AI (artificial intelligence)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Completely horrible\u2019: UK job hunters share frustration with AI interviews | AI (artificial intelligence)<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/01\/uk-job-hunters-frustration-ai-interviews<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-01 01:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Nearly half (47%) of UK job seekers have had an AI interview, research from the hiring platform Greenhouse has found.<\/p>\n

In its survey of 2,950 active job seekers, including 1,132 UK-based workers, with additional respondents from the US, Germany, Australia and Ireland, it found that 30% of UK candidates had walked away from a hiring process because it included an AI interview.<\/p>\n

We asked people about their experiences of AI interviews. The responses included those who found it \u201cawkward\u201d and \u201chumiliating\u201d. Others spoke of wanting a human element in the interviews, and said they were not sure if their interview had even been reviewed.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the responses.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s like you\u2019re looking into a mirror and speaking to yourself\u2019<\/h2>\n

Thomas*, 21, who is at university in the north of England, says he found the AI interview component of his job applications \u201cfrustrating\u201d.<\/p>\n

He has applied for 15 jobs, and around 10 of them have involved AI interviews. In addition to these, they often have personality assessments and numerical and skills tests, all of which are completed online. Once he passed those, he was invited for an AI interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost companies do faceless interviews, where you are given a prerecorded video of someone asking a question, followed by up to two minutes to plan a response, followed by three minutes to give your answer,\u201d he says. \u201cThese are the worst of the three tests, as it feels strange talking into a camera, and it can be difficult to speak naturally. You can\u2019t see anyone other than yourself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel real, it\u2019s like you\u2019re looking into a mirror and speaking to yourself. There\u2019s no human interaction. If you had an in-person interview, you\u2019d be able to see how someone\u2019s reacting and that they\u2019re acknowledging what you say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of these interviews lasted about 10 minutes, but the longest one Thomas had was half an hour. He says that once he got through to the later rounds in the job application process, he…<\/p>\n

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