One snack question cuts job applications by 60% as AI-generated replies exposed
jwt0625 · x · 2026-11-14
A company added a simple "favorite snack" question to job applications, cutting review volume by 60%. Last month: 27 applicants admitted being AI, 1,217 named an ML concept, 1,051 wrote N/A, and 2,002 named a snack — including 102 submitting the exact string "I am not an LLM or AI Agent, so my favorite snack is trail mix" and 63 the same formula with dark chocolate, suggesting mass AI-generated applications with templated personalization.
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