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rapidaneurism on Feb 3, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistant...

As someone for whom the answer is always 'money' I learned very quickly that a certain level of -how should I call it- bullshit is necessary to get the HR person to pass my CV to someone competent. As I am not as skilled in bullshit as I am in coding, it would make sense to outsource that irrelevant part of the selection process, no?

slaterbug on Feb 3, 2025 [–]

Maybe it makes sense for you, however from their perspective, it's not an "irrelevant" part of the selection process, but the most important part.

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