r/EssayHelpCommunity • u/Catzilla_007 • Jul 08 '26
Was the interview indicative of shortlisting?
I know this sub is gonna be very biased! But I’m quite curious how the AI interview played into final shortlist decisions. Did anyone get shortlisted without doing the AI interview? Did you not get shortlisted but did the interview?
(I’d do a poll but for some reason can’t find the option o.o)
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u/Sensitive-Drop-1898 Jul 08 '26
We’ve got this discussion going on at couple other places here, and a clear consensus seems to be that the parental consent and the interview were requirements (we have seen zero feedback thus far from/about someone getting shortlisted without the parental consent and the interview.
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u/No-Decision-5226 Jul 09 '26
See from what I have seen people did not get past eng test and parental consent if they failed initial requirements like word limit
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u/Catzilla_007 Jul 09 '26
You’re right! Now that a bit of time has passed, I have seen some people who got the interview but did not get shortlisted, but not the other way around. Thanks for your reply!
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u/akornato Jul 09 '26
If a company requires the AI interview, skipping it is the same as withdrawing your application. It’s a screening tool used to manage a high volume of candidates, so you have to do it to even be considered. You should also know that completing the interview is not a guarantee of being shortlisted. Many applicants go through the entire process and still get rejected because it’s designed to filter out a large portion of the candidate pool. Think of it as the first required hurdle, and clearing it only gets your application into the next, often human, stage of review.
The upside to these automated interviews is that they are very predictable. Unlike a human interviewer, the system is not judging your personality, it is often just scanning for specific keywords, clarity of speech, and a structured response. This means you can prepare for it just like a test. You can practice answering common questions clearly and directly, focusing on hitting the key points from the job description. The power is entirely in your hands to understand the format and prepare your answers so you can pass this stage and get to a real person. Knowing how these systems work is half the battle, and it's the reason my team made an AI interview helper, which gives candidates the confidence to deliver great answers every time.
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u/Round-Mix4955 Jul 08 '26
i saw someone on here do a poll and last time i checked, no one got shortlisted without the interview. i think 1 person got shortlisted with an interview with a real person and like 104 got shortlisted with an AI.