40% of job applicants answer as 'AI agents', forcing recruiters to add snack questions
minhnguyen · x · 2026-11-13
The job-application "DDoS" has gotten so bad that recruiters add absurd screening questions like "name your favorite snack" — because roughly 40% of responses say things like "As I am an AI agent, I don't have a favorite snack." The original poster wondered what questions like "write 12 in English" could possibly filter; the answer: agents dutifully expose themselves by answering too literally. A vivid snapshot of AI application tools upending hiring funnels.
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