The chief executive of Cognition AI says traditional interview approaches that try to block AI use are misaligned with how work is actually done today.
In an interview with Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Scott Wu encourages companies to let applicants use AI during job interviews and testing.
Instead of restricting tools, he says the focus should shift to how candidates use AI tools to complete tasks.
“How do we interview people in a way that we make sure that people aren’t using AI while we’re interviewing them? And I think that has totally flipped. Honestly, I think that was wrong. And I think if you’re asking the question of how do we evaluate people on exactly the thing that AI can already do, that seems wrong.”
Inside Cognition, Wu says candidates are free to use AI during the interview process. According to Wu, allowing applicants to use AI tools shows their familiarity with the technology, on top of their decision-making skills.
“And so, I think for us, and this has always been the case for us, our interview process has always been, you can use as much AI as you want to use. We’re going to give you a few hours, just build your whole own product surface…
In reality, what we actually want to test is, in addition to how familiar you are with these tools, what we actually want to test is what do you think is the right thing to build? Or how do you make these product decisions? How do you make these trade-offs? How do you decide or collect information about what you should be doing?
And so we found that that’s helped us a lot.”
Wu seems to suggest that companies and recruiters should look at an applicant’s ability to leverage AI tools to complete a task or project rather than follow traditional hiring processes.
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