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For better or worse, the next generation of job interviews has arrived: Employers are now rolling out artificial intelligence simulating live, two-way screener calls using synthetic voices.‍

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‍Startups like Apriora, HeyMilo AI and Ribbon all say they’re seeing swift adoption of their software for conducting real-time AI interviews over video. Job candidates converse with an AI “recruiter” that asks follow-up questions, probes key skills and delivers structured feedback to hiring managers. The idea is to make interviewing more efficient for companies— and more accessible for applicants — without requiring recruiters to be online around the clock.‍

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‍“A year ago this idea seemed insane,” said Arsham Ghahramani, co-founder and chief executive officer of Ribbon, a Toronto-based AI recruiting startup that recently raised $8.2million in a funding round led by RadicalVentures. “Now it's quite normalized.”‍

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‍Employers are drawn to the time savings, especially if they’re hiring at high volume and running hundreds of interviews a day. And job candidates — especially those in industries like trucking and nursing, where schedules are often irregular — may appreciate the ability to interview at odd hours, even if a majority of Americans polled last year by Consumer Reports said they were uncomfortable with the idea of algorithms grading their video interviews.

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