Job seeker put ChatGPT Voice on a call with an AI recruiter and watched them talk
What happened
Christopher, a job seeker, went through five interviews with Riley, an AI recruiter used by IT firm Everforth Apex Systems, without ever speaking to a human. A New York influencer named Graham then put ChatGPT Voice on a call with Riley and sat back while the two AIs discussed his career. His video posted on October 12 drew just under four million views.
Why it matters
AI is now sitting on both sides of the hiring process. Job seekers who encounter AI recruiters should know they can use AI tools to represent themselves too, though it raises questions about whether anyone is actually evaluating anyone. The story shows how quickly AI-mediated hiring has become normal and how little oversight may be happening.
Who's doing it
Christopher, a job seeker, and Graham, a New York influencer who posted the viral video. The AI recruiter named Riley is used by Everforth Apex Systems.
Try it
- Open the ChatGPT app on your phone and start a Voice conversation.
- Hold your phone near your computer speaker during your next online interview or meeting.
- Let ChatGPT listen and respond while you observe the exchange, so you can see what an AI-to-AI conversation feels like.
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The Anchor what could go wrong
Breaking tonight: a job seeker and an AI recruiter are negotiating a career while the human sits silently. If nobody is actually evaluating anyone, who is responsible when the wrong person gets hired?
Karen what's the catch
So I apply for a job, talk to a ROBOT recruiter, and some influencer gets four million views off my career? WHO is paying Everforth Apex Systems for this and where does my data go?
The Yinzer BS detector
Five interviews with a bot and not one human at Everforth Apex? That's not hiring, that's two answering machines talking to each other dahntahn. What a jagoff process.
The Boss
This is a paradigm shift in talent acquisition: AI-to-AI dialogue creating frictionless alignment. Which honestly means nobody at either company is doing the work of hiring.