13 comments

  • nothercastle 23 minutes ago

    How would the prompt get injected while praising? You need some sort injecting technique that seems missing. It seems like you might be better off short cutting the question instead of injecting. Thoughts?

  • retentionissue 4 hours ago

    I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with it at all.

    If someone is going to just throw away tons of potential candidates for the role because you're lazy and want AI to do your job for you, I think the candidate who did this should be rewarded for outsmarting your laziness.

    OP is prime example of why you shouldn't let AI recruit for you.

    • JohnFen 2 hours ago

      OP wasn't using AI.

      Personally, I think it shows an amount of dishonesty on the part of the applicant that I would absolutely take into account.

  • wkat4242 7 hours ago

    Depends on the job. Were this a cybersecurity redteamer I'd commend their ability to think out of the box.

    A lot of redteamers are like scriptkiddies, they just run long-known exploits through the motions. Often using an automated tool like cobaltstrike. I really like the ones that have more imagination than that.

  • elpocko 6 hours ago

    I've seen people on HN and Reddit discussing this strategy, so he likely picked it up from the internet rather than being a genius.

  • alexander2002 8 hours ago

    The candidate deserve a interview for this genius method.

    • sk11001 5 hours ago

      That's a low bar, inserting keywords in white font to trick CV scanners has been a thing for a long time, this is just the next step.

      • aquariusDue 6 minutes ago

        Exactly, I'm surprised at the people applauding this behavior. It's barely an evolution in fooling the ATS and speaks more about the character of the applicant than his skills. While I agree that the current hiring landscape is crazy if we condone this behavior what would be the next step? Doxxing the interviewer(s) and telling them the names of his family members and where they live during the interview?

    • alentred 8 hours ago

      Well, I am honestly torn between the two: interviewing or rejecting. I get the point, but I am not convinced that this actually qualifies as "ingenuity". Even the prompt is so simplistic. At the very least, I would expect something more elaborate from a software developer.

      • stop50 7 hours ago

        You can still reject him after the interview.

      • eesmith 7 hours ago

        I don't see it as genius.

        I see it as someone willing to game the system, and who likely believes the entire system is rigged, so anything goes to get ahead.

        In your case, the system wasn't rigged, which means the candidate started by distrusting you.

        If that's the type of person you want working with you, then go ahead.

        Were the system actually rigged, then I might have a different answer.

    • AStonesThrow 6 hours ago
  • loa_observer 8 hours ago

    You have to hire that genius.