The impact of generative AI is here, and we want you to embrace it. There are so many benefits associated with AI. We have been instrumental in the deployment of AIDE and FLIP that streamline clinical workflows and improve patient outcomes. However, there are some practices where a human approach is still most effective and our hiring process is one of them.

At every stage of our recruitment process, there is a person reviewing and making decisions to ensure we hire the best people to Answer Digital.

AI tools like Claude, PeopleAI and Perplexity have created new opportunities for people to bring their best when looking and interviewing for new roles.

We believe at Answer Digital, that making the most of these tools can help organisations be more inclusive, helping people feel more confident and get extra support in preparing for interviews.

However, we want to make sure that people have access to this support without it impacting how we get to know you as a person. If you are planning to use AI, we want to share some tips on how to use it best.

Job Applications and your CV 📄

Recruitment processes are designed to get to know your authentic self and all the experience that makes you great.

As a guide, we recommend that you use AI to support your ideas, not create them. Using AI to spell check, format or articulate your ideas etc is okay. However, you shouldn’t use AI to create situations that haven’t happened. We want to hear about your perspectives, skills and all the experience that makes you, you.

You’re the person we’ll be working with and investing in so we want to make sure you’re right for the role but also that we’re right for you. We want to see the real you, not an AI-generated version.

Using AI to support real life examples 🤔

Supporting real examples is a great use of AI, here’s 3 ways you can use AI to articulate your experience.

1️⃣ Here’s an example with a potential interview question: “A time when you had to think outside the box to solve a problem?”

- Think of a real scenario where you had to think of a different approach to solve a problem.

- You could at this point use AI to help articulate your example or make it more concise. (Interviewers often like the STAR method, so you could even ask AI to help structure your answer in this format.

- Once you have your answer, proofread it to make sure the formatting is correct (UK instead of US spelling) and make sure it sounds like you - AI can sometimes sound quite formal.

2️⃣ If you’re applying for a management or team lead role, you could ask AI to list relevant skills for a Manager or Lead role then think of personal examples where you have experience doing those things.

3️⃣ You could also paste the job description into AI and ask it to highlight the relevant skills, and then think of where you have experience in those areas.

Using AI to create imaginary examples 🤥

You should not use AI to invent imaginary examples, not only is this being dishonest but if the interviewers ask more probing questions, it will be obvious the event was fictitious.

Using AI during the assessment / interview stage 🧑‍💻

Our interview process is a chance to meet the real you, understand more about your experience and find out what you’re passionate about but if you still need some extra support there are ways you can use AI to prepare.

Guidance on AI use for interview preparation 🤝

- AI can be a great tool to help you prepare. It’s great for doing research on the company you’re interviewing with, the work they have done or the industry challenges they may face.

- You could paste the job description into an AI tool and ask it for example interview questions you might expect

- You could use AI to help you structure answers to interview questions, typically the PAR and STAR methods are great ways to structure answers.

Guidance on AI use for take home and live technical tasks 💻

Some of our roles require people to either complete a task prior to the interview, or in the interview itself.

- Again, it’s best to follow the guide that you use AI to support your ideas, not create them. If you’re using AI to check or critique your own ideas then great.

- Be transparent with the tools you’re using and how you plan to use them. If you haven’t declared using AI and it turns out you have, we won’t know which work is yours and what is AI generated

- If it’s not something you would use in the role day to day, then it’s probably best to avoid using it during the interview process.

- Make sure using AI still accurately reflects your strengths. We wouldn’t want you to miss out on a role because you haven’t showcased your skills or worse, get a job that isn’t the right fit for you.

AI for reasonable adjustments during interviews 💛

Before your interview, our TA team will check if there’s anything we can do to support your interview experience and make sure you bring your best self.

- Grammarly and other grammar/tone of voice checkers are a great tool to make sure you’re structuring sentences in the right way. However, make sure you review the recommendations rather than over relying on them.

- Organisational tools like Clockwise are great for organising daily tasks and helps you make the most of your time and allocate time to prepare for interviews and applications.

- Woebot and other AI-powered mental health chatbots help support people dealing with job search anxiety

- AI emotional support tools like Replika: are designed for emotional support and confidence building. Neurodivergent individuals can use it to practise conversation skills or get a confidence boost before interviews.

If you’re wanting to use an AI tool to help with note taking, please let us know. This is usually fine but we’ll need to make sure our interviewers are aware so they don’t disclose any company information.