The Pattern In The Patterns
The Pattern In The Patterns We simply couldn’t tell, as the content checkers would give us a high probability of AI-generated text, but given the permission to use AI, this was not a disqualifiable offense. The problem was that it denied us a chance to evaluate the candidate’s own writing. With that came our first lesson: When hiring in the era of generative AI, you must clearly and explicitly communicate the intended scope of its use to the candidate—and make sure to make this scope observable in their submissions. After the initial setback, we slapped a disclaimer on the test assignment, clarifying that, if using AI, the applicant must make sure to add a way to distinguish between AI-generated content and their own content, such as using bold and italics. We also asked them to share the prompts they were using to let us better understand their approach and thinking process.