I've recently seen some posts about AI and how tech recruiters have been asking to turn off co-pilot tools. So, why do I think it is stupid? 😅 It's just like with calculators, does having a calculator makes you instantly able to solve all math problems? No. And I know, you may say that AI is different, smarter bla bla... sure it is, but (in current shape) it is still a tool trained on huge datasets of average code and well known problems. So, as a recruiter you may actually use it to your advantage, as I do. Recently, I'm asking candidates on interview meetings to actually use co-pilots or AI, because:
- You can actually see, if candidate know how to use new tools and if she/he/it is flexible
- If you see something stupid, like using code without thinking, you can ask questions. For example:
do you understand this code?orwould you commit this code to the repository?, these are great open questions where candidate can elaborate about the process - I think the main goal in company/team is to accomplish X (create new system, change UI of something, develop fancy algorithm etc.) if you and your colleagues will be able to accomplish it faster using new tools, then what's wrong with it? You can focus on something more interesting in remaining time.
That's it. And trust me, I'm not an AI fanboy, actually I think AI hype is dangerous, and I'll write separate, longer post about it, but there are cases where AI is very helpful and you should not be scared of using it on interview sessions or forcing your candidates to disable/not use it.