McKinsey 将让部分入门级职位候选人与 AI 模拟客户进行 10 分钟对话，作为面试流程的一部分，人类评估员将在场打分。该工具将于今年秋季在北美部分办公室面向求职商业分析师的本科生进行测试。
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Consulting firm McKinsey & Company is going to ask some entry-level candidates to have a 10-minute conversation with an AI simulation of a client as part of the interview process, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/mckinsey-interview-process-ai-7d08a69e">according to <em>The Wall Street Journal</em></a>.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The AI simulation "aims to reflect 80% of the scenarios McKinsey consultants might encounter in their day-to-day work," the <em>WSJ</em> says, and it isn't designed to "mimic an unhinged client." The AI won't score the candidates - humans will be in the room to assess the candidates and see how well they deal with the simulated situations.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The McKinsey tool will be in testing for undergrads seeking business-analyst jobs in "some" offi …</p>
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# McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client
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Consulting firm McKinsey & Company is going to ask some entry\-level candidates to have a 10\-minute conversation with an AI simulation of a client as part of the interview process,[according to*The Wall Street Journal*](https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/mckinsey-interview-process-ai-7d08a69e)\.
The AI simulation “aims to reflect 80% of the scenarios McKinsey consultants might encounter in their day\-to\-day work,” the*WSJ*says, and it isn’t designed to “mimic an unhinged client\.” The AI won’t score the candidates — humans will be in the room to assess the candidates and see how well they deal with the simulated situations\.
The McKinsey tool will be in testing for undergrads seeking business\-analyst jobs in “some” offices in North America this fall, and the*WSJ*says “hundreds” may use it\.
Other companies are also building tools to use AI avatars as part of the job interview process, and my colleague Hayden Field[tried some of them out](https://www.theverge.com/featured-video/892850/i-was-interviewed-by-an-ai-bot-for-a-job)for[a video we published in March](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtIUQhb2h3A)\.
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