[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-nearly-half-of-uk-job-seekers-have-met-an-ai-interviewer":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},13163,"nearly-half-of-uk-job-seekers-have-met-an-ai-interviewer","Nearly Half of UK Job Seekers Have Met an AI Interviewer","Two UK surveys find most candidates uneasy with AI interviewers, and one says 30% quit the process, a gap that points at disclosure as much as the avatar.","Employers in the UK are already putting candidates in front of AI avatars, and most candidates would rather they didn't.\n\nA Greenhouse study found that 47% of UK job seekers have been interviewed by AI. Separate research from Careerminds found that seven in 10 UK workers would feel uncomfortable with an AI-led interview, and fewer than a third would carry on without hesitation. Another 33% would continue but feel uneasy, and 25% said it would depend on the role or salary. Only 11% would withdraw outright, split between those who would definitely quit and those who probably would. Older workers were more likely to walk away.\n\nGreenhouse reported a much higher figure for actual behavior: 30% of UK candidates abandoned a hiring process because of an AI interview. It also found that 82% were not told beforehand that an avatar would be asking the questions.\n\nThe two numbers are not directly comparable. One measures what people say they would do, the other what some say they did, and the surveys asked different questions. Still, the distance between 11% and 30% suggests that hypothetical discomfort understates the real cost. The 82% figure hints at a reason: surprise may be doing as much damage as the technology itself.\n\nCareerminds' resident careers expert, Amanda Augustine, noted that an interview is often a candidate's first real contact with an employer and shapes how they see it. One worker in the study called his AI interview \"surreal, strange and impersonal\" and said it \"felt like a one-way process.\" Augustine argued AI belongs in administrative work such as sorting applications and narrowing the pool, leaving the conversations to people.\n\nThe open question is whether employers treat this as a disclosure problem, which is cheap to fix, or a format problem, which is not. The data here cannot say which one candidates are reacting to.","[\"ai\",\"hiring\",\"recruitment\",\"workplace\"]","2026-11-15T12:00:00.000Z","2026-11-15T13:12:49.410Z","2026-11-15T13:13:39.945Z","published",null,[],"ai",[24,26,27,28],"hiring","recruitment","workplace",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"TechRadar","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.techradar.com\u002Fpro\u002Fit-would-make-me-think-twice-about-applying-workers-are-pushing-back-at-companies-who-insist-on-ai-interviews",0,{"sections":35},[36,39,44,49,54,59,64,69,74,79,84,89,94,99],{"name":37,"slug":24,"count":38,"latest_published_at":18},"AI",7162,{"name":40,"slug":41,"count":42,"latest_published_at":43},"Security","security",1141,"2026-11-15T17:15:13.000Z",{"name":45,"slug":46,"count":47,"latest_published_at":48},"Deals","deals",672,"2026-11-15T17:59:53.000Z",{"name":50,"slug":51,"count":52,"latest_published_at":53},"Policy","policy",630,"2026-11-15T16:25:16.000Z",{"name":55,"slug":56,"count":57,"latest_published_at":58},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",383,"2026-11-15T17:55:32.000Z",{"name":60,"slug":61,"count":62,"latest_published_at":63},"Hardware","hardware",344,"2026-11-15T17:00:00.000Z",{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Science","science",236,"2026-11-14T20:54:14.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Software","software",177,"2026-11-14T08:54:55.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Startups","startups",162,"2026-11-13T17:32:35.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"General","general",130,"2026-11-15T15:41:13.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",127,"2026-11-11T19:00:44.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"Gaming","gaming",112,"2026-11-14T19:34:13.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"How-To","how-to",10,"2026-11-14T23:45:00.000Z"]