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No translation and no human reviewer. The poster's username is not recorded. 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The poster says the AI interrupted them at least three times for every question it asked, that they ended up yelling at the computer in case they were not speaking loudly enough, and that after 13 minutes of an interview billed at eight to ten minutes they had answered only a handful of questions. The poster says they closed the tab and sent the company contact an angry email. The company, the interview tool and any reply from the company are not named or reported. 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No other applicant is described.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1xbvjvk/ai_interviewing/","primarySourceLabel":"Reddit post by the applicant, 21 Oct 2026: AI interviewer kept interrupting, so the applicant quit","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T03:16:29.76591+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T03:16:29.76591+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["first-person","reddit","job-application","ai-interviewer"]}]}