--- title: Job Interviews with a Robot: Why A.I. is Not Ready to Take Over the Hiring Process description: Hilke Schellmann, author of "The Algorithm," argues that AI-based tools aren't ready for use in the hiring process. Yet, many large American companies already rely upon them. canonical: https://time.com/6695392/a-i-hiring/ author: Joey Lautrup article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-02-20T16:16:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:53:15.431Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Job Interviews with a Robot: Why A.I. is Not Ready to Take Over the Hiring Process og:description: Hilke Schellmann, author of "The Algorithm," argues that AI-based tools aren't ready for use in the hiring process. Yet, many large American companies already rely upon them. og:url: https://time.com/6695392/a-i-hiring/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt589fcc61985861be/698a4893cabb1d2307e52ab1/AI_THUMB.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: AI_THUMB og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Job Interviews with a Robot: Why A.I. is Not Ready to Take Over the Hiring Process twitter:description: Hilke Schellmann, author of "The Algorithm," argues that AI-based tools aren't ready for use in the hiring process. Yet, many large American companies already rely upon them. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt589fcc61985861be/698a4893cabb1d2307e52ab1/AI_THUMB.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Job Interviews with a Robot: Why A.I. is Not Ready to Take Over the Hiring Process by [Joey Lautrup](https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/) and [Justine Simons](https://time.com/author/justine-simons/) Feb 20, 2024 4:16 PM UTC  by [Joey Lautrup](https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/) and [Justine Simons](https://time.com/author/justine-simons/) Feb 20, 2024 4:16 PM UTC Hilke Schellmann, author of "The Algorithm," argues that AI-based tools aren't ready for use in the hiring process. Yet, many large American companies already rely upon them. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6695392/a-i-hiring/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6695392/a-i-hiring/"},"headline":"Job Interviews with a Robot: Why A.I. is Not Ready to Take Over the Hiring Process","datePublished":"2024-02-20T16:16:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:53:15.431Z","description":"Hilke Schellmann, author of \"The Algorithm,\" argues that AI-based tools aren't ready for use in the hiring process. Yet, many large American companies already rely upon them.","url":"https://time.com/6695392/a-i-hiring/","keywords":["Technology","Tech","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt589fcc61985861be/698a4893cabb1d2307e52ab1/AI_THUMB.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joey Lautrup","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Justine Simons","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/justine-simons/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt589fcc61985861be/698a4893cabb1d2307e52ab1/AI_THUMB.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AI_THUMB","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/technology/","name":"Technology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6695392/a-i-hiring/","name":"Job Interviews with a Robot: Why A.I. is Not Ready to Take Over the Hiring Process"}}]}] ```