U.S. Federal Government to Pilot AI Interviews for Civil-Service Hiring

[Financial News] The U.S. federal government will pilot artificial intelligence (AI) in civil-service hiring interviews, CBS News reported on the 3rd (local time).
The first applicants to undergo AI interviews will be candidates for a program that hires private-sector technical experts for two-year terms.
During interviews conducted through the AI-powered hiring platform CodeSignal, applicants will answer questions from AI, which will record and summarize their responses.
Hiring officials will then review the interview summaries prepared by AI and evaluate the applicants.
Officials predicted that the use of AI in federal government hiring interviews would become more widespread following the pilot program.
The U.S. federal government, which employs approximately 1.9 million people, has been criticized for lagging behind private companies in using AI during the hiring-screening process.
Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which oversees human resources for the federal government, issued guidance to agencies last week recommending the use of AI in hiring. It also set out the principle that humans must supervise important personnel decisions.
OPM has been pursuing ways to shorten the federal hiring process, which has long been criticized for its slow processing times.
OPM administrative staff can use Microsoft Copilot, Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Google’s Gemini on their work computers.


[email protected] Lee Seok-woo, International Affairs Specialist Reporter