AI interviews and screeners: candidates must show enthusiasm for AI, and the systems make errors

Sep 7, 2026 · Issue 6 · 6 sources, 7 articles

Interviewers increasingly expect candidates to express enthusiasm for AI, and Kmart uses an AI interview process. In one experiment, an AI recruiter failed to recognise nonsense text.

Who is affected and how

job seeker

Prepare for an AI interview; you may also be asked about your attitude to AI.

HR professional

Validating AI screeners and keeping human review are essential.

Sources

• You don't have to love AI. But you might have to sound like you do in a job interview.business insider · Sep 8, 2026
• Job seekers are facing a new interview test: Figuring out just how excited to sound about AI - Business Insiderbusinessinsider.com · Sep 8, 2026
• AI vs Humans: The Future of Job Interviews (2026)worldfuntop.com · Sep 11, 2026
• AI Job Interviews: We Tested Kmart’s AI Hiring Bot – Here’s What Happened (2026)giftedhobby.com · Sep 11, 2026
• AI Recruiter Falls for ’Chick Bongo’ and ’Raccoon Protocols’: It Couldn’t Detect the Gibberishwww.techtimes.co.uk · Sep 7, 2026
• Why AI may be (re)humanizing the hiring processfinancialpost.com · Sep 11, 2026

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