You're probably not going to speak to a glitching AI bot on your next job interview

Glitching AI job interviews have gone viral on TikTok, but they are rare and likely staged, experts say.

May 17, 2025 - 06:18

You're probably not going to speak to a glitching AI bot on your next job interview

A person infront of their laptop while using AI on their mobile device. — AI-powered video interviews are likely to become more common as companies seek to streamline and automate early hiring stages.
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TikTokers are posting clips of interviews with glitching AI bots.
These cases are rare and likely staged, professors told Business Insider.
AI interviews are on the rise, and glitches can erode trust in the hiring process.

TikTok videos of glitchy AI interviews have gone viral in recent weeks, but don't worry if you're due for a job interview soon.

One user, who goes by Freddie, posted a video on May 3 of an AI assistant named "Catherine Appleton" glitching and spewing gibberish during his job interview. As of Thursday, his video had 8.8 million views.

"Should I email them? I was expecting a real human," he wrote in the caption.

Another TikTok user named Ken shared a clip of her interview, in which the AI assistant repeated the phrase "vertical bar pilates" on loop.

Neither responded to requests for comment from Business Insider.

@its_ken04
It was genuinely so creepy and weird. Please stop trying to be lazy and have AI try to do YOUR JOB!!! It gave me the creeps so bad #fyp Read More