Sirota: Tech companies see 95% fake applications among 5,000 applicants
Dylan Sirota · AI Vs Engineers: Will They Be Replaced? · Joe Lonsdale · Dec 6, 2024 · at 13:53
Dylan Sirota, co-founder of developer talent platform Terminal, discusses the surge in AI-generated resume spam and candidate fraud with host Joe Lonsdale.
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“It's a really hard challenge, and we're seeing that today with many of our companies complaining that they're getting 5000 applicants, but then when they start sifting through, they realize that 95% of them are fake, and so they're getting fake resumes, fake applications, and it puts a lot of onus on teams now to go back to more of a traditional in-person or face-to-face type of interview.”
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