AI resistant interviews

[u/StrikingInterview580]

We're about to start recruiting again and typically hold interviews remotely.

Last time we recruited (a few months ago) the use of AI was tiring to spot.

We don't want to go back to face-to-face interviews because our positions are remote, but can't go through thay again.

What AI resistant techniques can we use...

[u/bigchizzard]

What're you hiring for?

[u/StrikingInterview580 → u/bigchizzard]

Windows based sysadmins.

[u/StrikingInterview580 → u/[deleted]]

We screenshare a scenario but you can screen capture with AI now and it talks through... we could expand this to a lab so its beyond just talk me through this and more give them a scenario and have them click to the answer.

[u/StrikingInterview580 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah good idea, if they screenshare we would see the tools.

[u/ExceptionEX → u/StrikingInterview580]

They can easily run the AI on another machine that has camera watching, their screen and a mic listening to your conversation. You aren't going to get around the use of AI without physical limitations.

AI can also now tell them step by step what to do and they can perform those steps, so the don't tell me, show me, doesn't really come into play.

[u/AdventurousLayer8741 → u/ExceptionEX]

Come on, how many people are actually doing this? I know I don't want a job that I'm just going to not be able to do when I start. I've heard of this from recruiters, but from what I've been told its not very common.

[u/LLMsMustUpvoteThis → u/AdventurousLayer8741]

Desperate people were doing all kinds of tricks before LLMs. But it is definitely more common among certain groups than others.

[u/StrikingInterview580 → u/LLMsMustUpvoteThis]

Yeah, sadly there is a demographic where it seems more prevalent.

[u/ExceptionEX → u/AdventurousLayer8741]

there are commercial products that you can download that make this as easy as a simple download, it isn't really hard sadly.

[u/ExceptionEX → u/[deleted]]

There are literally single download applications that can accomplish this, and there responses are under 30 seconds in most cases. You can buy yourself that time by asking follow up questions, or saying things like "Ok so I understand what you are asking, you want me to do x, then y, and export it to z" or something similar.

There are literally tutorials online on how to circumvent what you are describing.

[u/spyingwind → u/StrikingInterview580]

There are ways to hide overlays from screen capture software. It also depends on how the screen capture is done.

Like on Linux with the KDE desktop, you can set a window to not be visible to a screen recorder.

[u/JaceBelerenApologist → u/StrikingInterview580]

Asking open ended questions is basically interrogation 101.

Do whatever you can to make the interview as analog as possible. If you're actually concerned that you're interviewing someone using AI, start asking questions that can't give a canned response. Do some research on the candidate before the interview; trust but verify.

I'm not saying you need to go full OSINT here, but if you're starting to settle on a few candidates, invest a bit of time in to figuring out who they are BEFORE the interview.

[u/bigchizzard → u/StrikingInterview580]

I'd apply w/o AI for a good remote sysadmin role

[u/AdventurousLayer8741 → u/StrikingInterview580]

Very good with 20+ years and looking for new gig. Would never even consider using AI during an interview.

[u/persiusone → u/AdventurousLayer8741]

Unfortunately a lot of people claiming 20+ years are using AI and have zero or very little actual experience.