badmancrooksApr 26
nixCraft 🐧
applying for a job in 2026 be like ...
Apr 26 at 1:08pmWeb
Show threadnixCraft 🐧Apr 26
after all of this, if you get an interview video call, they will ask you to do funny things, like put your hand in front of your face or touch your nose or ears to break the AI face filter. it is so normal now that the interviewer doesn't even feel bad about it. they just say, put your hand in front of your face, okay? acting as if they are doing you a favour. the AI powered deepfakes keep ruining everything
Show threadDaryl ManningApr 26

@nixCraft What is the purpose of the AI face filter for a candidate?

I have yet to ever be asked this.

Show threadNeo EhproqueApr 26
@awws @nixCraft I suppose it's more comfortable to look up stuff when you're not actually being seen?
Show threadDaryl ManningApr 26
@ehproque @nixCraft Sorry, I guess my question is, does it play a puppet of your face while the interview is going on or simply keep your eyes etc focused on the interviewers while talking? Just surprised it is sufficient to fool someone asking questions and interacting with it?
Show threadKaitoApr 26

@awws @nixCraft Pretending to be someone you're not; appealing to racist stereotypes maybe?

Also maybe submitting 100 resumes, all with different faces, to the same company hoping you'll get the job

Show threadDaryl ManningApr 27

@kaito02 @nixCraft The multi resumes thing hadn’t occurred to me though, of course I imagine the stereotypes thing is totally legit for applicants.

I guess I am just kinda shocked at the idea of deep faking an interview in person (in most cases you would assume the jig is up on a con at that point) though I imagine with conditions the way things are, people get pushed to extremes.

Show threadEdApr 26
@nixCraft well glad I'm retired as my 1-finger salute when asked to a hand in front of face probably wouldn't go over very well. Maybe it would and that might indicate a good place to work.
Show threadThe Fury 🐧💻❗️🔥Apr 26
@nixCraft another reason I'm not going to leave my current job until I retire or die (probably the latter). 
Show threadKotesApr 26
@nixCraft "Just to be safe, please say that Kim Jong-un is a pig."
Show threadTor Iver WilhelmsenApr 26
@nixCraft Don’t forget the part where you do an assignment for free for them.
Show threadSnagburzApr 26
@nixCraft
I hope it's not one of those ghost jobs
Show threadpurple: licenced to sticky plasterApr 26

@snagburz @nixCraft no it totally is, and the video is training data now

Best case scenario the jobs real but they used the video to profile you › rejected.

Show threadTango793Apr 26
@nixCraft Just so you can be 86'd by a hiring algorithm
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Apr 26
@nixCraft Really? You won't accept .wmv?
Show threadPlan A to YApr 26

@nixCraft oh that's unrealistic.

They'll have you "interview" with an AI agent so you're forced to beg for the job on the spot in real time.

(Actual thing a job posting tried to get me to do recently)

Show threadLoveCats1256Apr 26
@nixCraft Tell me about it .....
Show threadBaloo UrizaApr 27
@nixCraft It's kind of amazing how if I go low-effort on the job search I usually come out ahead of where I started.
Show threadsimon serghiniApr 28
@nixCraft
includes AI slop i mean, in this economy, I will beg i just want to know if I'm begging AI models or humans, because humans suck - #2026 #claude_mythos #HR