McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client.

” The AI won’t score the candidates – humans will be in the room to assess the candidates and see how well they deal with the simulated situations.
The AI simulation “aims to reflect 80% of the scenarios McKinsey consultants might encounter in their day-to-day work,” the WSJ says, and it isn’t designed to “mimic an unhinged client. .
The McKinsey tool will be in testing for undergrads seeking business-analyst jobs in “some” offi …
Read the full story at The Verge. Consulting firm McKinsey & Company is going to ask some entry-level candidates to have a 10-minute conversation with an AI simulation of a client as part of the interview process, according to The Wall Street Journal.