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by shaftway 99 days ago
The solution to this seems pretty clear. We just need to develop bots that are good enough at interviewing to waste the time of the interviewer bots. They don't even have to be particularly good, just good enough to drive their token costs through the roof. Make it too expensive to use.
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They'll just set up a token quota and an automatic "That will be all, we'll be in touch" message once the quota is full.
Right, but if you clog up their pipeline with enough fake applicants, then they won't get any real ones. Same outcome.
It’s becoming a bigger and bigger problem actually. AI can create a perfect CV and cover letter and people apply for everything. It’s hard to get a callback because you’re just 1 datapoint. So recruiters have to call you first or use recommendations.
This is exactly why the interviewer bots exist in the first place.

Today if you post any job online you will be flooded with AI applicants. Even one-time contract jobs below Us minimum wage on Upworks. It's not funny.

Perhaps you can get them to answer each others leetcode questions.