{"id":21430,"date":"2026-10-15T12:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21430"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:02:58","slug":"mckinsey-is-making-job-applicants-spar-with-a-fake-ai-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21430","title":{"rendered":"McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em; padding:0.6em 0.9em; border:1px solid #d0d7de; border-radius:6px; background:#f6f8fa; color:#444; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>AI-rewritten:<\/strong> This is a summary of an article from The Verge, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article &ndash; read it for the full story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>The Verge &bull; Jay Peters &bull; October 14, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>McKinsey &amp; Company is introducing a new interview step where entry-level candidates speak with an AI simulation of a client. According to The Wall Street Journal, this 10-minute conversation aims to reflect 80% of scenarios consultants face daily and will not be used to score applicants.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Humans remain present during these interactions to evaluate how well candidates handle the simulated situations. The tool is currently being tested with undergraduate business-analyst applicants in select North American offices starting this fall, potentially involving hundreds of users.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2em; padding:1em; border-left:4px solid #0073aa; background:#f5f7fa;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> The Verge &bull; Jay Peters &bull; October 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0.5em 0 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/1011654\/mckinsey-ai-client-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article at The Verge &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-rewritten: This is a summary of an article from The Verge, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article &ndash; read it for the full story. The Verge &bull; Jay Peters &bull; October 14, 2026 McKinsey &amp; Company is introducing a new interview step<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21430\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}