Tech firms are bringing job interviews back in person to stop AI use, RTO guru says
Tech companies are increasingly requiring in-person job interviews to combat the use of AI tools during remote coding assessments. Experts suggest that AI-assisted cheating has made virtual technical evaluations unreliable for verifying a candidate's actual skills.
Why it matters
This shift highlights a growing tension between remote work flexibility and the need for authentic skill verification in the age of generative AI.
In-person job interviews are making a comeback for some tech firms. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Stanford economics professor Nick Bloom said AI is causing tech firms to revive in-person interviews. Coding tests are harder to trust as candidates can use AI for real-time answers, Bloom said. "Are you interviewing Claude or the person?" Bloom said. Tech companies are bringing job candidates back into the office for an extra screening measure: whether they are using AI. Nick Bloom, a Stanford economics professor known for his research on remote work, says AI is undermining the virtual coding tests and interviews that tech firms have long used to assess candidates. "A lot of tech firms used to hire folks based on coding tests. They can't do that anymore," Bloom said in an episode of the Financial Times' "Economics Show" podcast released on Friday.
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