To Counter AI Cheating, Companies Bring Back In-Person Job Interviews
Computerworld, Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
The rise in AI-powered cheating on job interviews, including the use of ChatGPT and deepfakes, is driving companies like Google, Cisco and McKinsey to return to in-person chats to better detect candidate fraud and assess genuine skills.
AI-enabled cheating has surged, particularly in virtual technical job interviews. Would-be job candidates increasingly use AI tools off-camera to feed them answers, such as responses to coding challenges, and in some cases turning to deepfake technology to impersonate applicants.
To battle that trend, more and more companies are ditching screens for handshakes - bringing back in-person job interviews.