Is using AI in job interviews cheating?

Marketplace Tech

American Public Media

Technology, News

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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One area where artificial intelligence has been swiftly adopted is software coding. Google even boasted last year that more than a quarter of its code was generated by AI. But the technology is also generating challenges to the traditional technical job interview, where candidates are given programming problems as a way to assess their skills. And lately it’s become apparent that a lot of applicants are using AI to give themselves a boost, according to recent reporting from Business Insider's Amanda Hoover. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Hoover about the controversy over applicants using AI while interviewing for jobs that often use AI.

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1:07.2	From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Megan McCarty Carrino.
1:20.5	One of the areas where artificial intelligence has been adopted fastest is coding.
1:26.6	Google even boasted last year that more than a quarter of its code
1:29.7	was generated by AI. But the technology is posing big challenges to the traditional technical interview.
1:37.3	That's where job candidates are given various programming problems as a way of assessing their
1:41.9	coding skills. And lately, it's apparent a lot of applicants are
1:46.3	using AI to get a boost, according to recent reporting from business insiders Amanda Hoover.
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