The Death of the Virtual Interview? AI May Have Just Pulled the Trigger

If AI can fake your handshake, your voice, and your résumé, should we really be surprised that companies want to see the whites of your eyes again?

AI has made hiring faster, but also far more deceptive. From whispered off-screen prompts to full-blown deepfake candidates, employers are facing a new credibility crisis. Cisco, McKinsey, and Google are reviving in-person interviews. Not for nostalgia, but to cut through digital fakery.

Technical roles are particularly vulnerable, with candidates using AI to ace coding challenges they couldn’t solve alone.

Recruiters are seeing scams scale, from AI-assisted cheating to elaborate identity fraud like the FBI’s warning about thousands of North Koreans posing as Americans for remote tech jobs.

Gartner predicts that by 2028, a quarter of all job candidate profiles could be fake. The response: biometric checks, deepfake detection, and simply requiring candidates to show up in person.

This shift reflects a deeper truth: trust, once outsourced to platforms and software, is being reclaimed through human contact. And it won’t stop at interviews. Expect more high-stakes client meetings, vendor negotiations, and board discussions to move back to physical rooms, where trust can be built without the risk of digital deception.

• AI is enabling sophisticated interview fraud.
• High-profile firms are reintroducing in-person vetting.
• Tech-driven detection is becoming part of hiring.

The question isn’t just how we hire, it’s how we rebuild confidence in every interaction when technology can mimic almost anything. If trust now requires being in the same room, what does that mean for the future of remote work? I’d love to hear your thoughts below.

Read the full article on Wall Street Journal.

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