Decided to give an AI interview, aaaand I feel disappointed. Not all systems were bug-free. I faced an awkward pause waiting for an acknowledgement from my agent, which made the conversation unnatural. I even caught myself wondering whether “awkward”, a very human trait, was the right word for an agent that wasn’t human at all.
No facial impressions? How could I build rapport in the session, which was just like a closed-cam interview? When you lose a visual cue, your brain goes feral inside, like this
You try hard to figure out the criticality. In a normal interview, visual cues help us know when to continue, clarify, or adjust. Without them, the experience can feel strangely disorienting
It turns into hyper mental processing: trying to interpret what’s happening minus visual, while simultaneously adjusting your response in real time. I understand the push for efficiency, but I find this kind of activity humanely disorienting