Bossed Up

How to Ace the Interview with an AI Agent


Listen Later

How do you let your humanity shine in the job interview when your interviewer isn’t human? Employers have gone beyond tasking AI to scan for buzzwords in resumes and cover letters—agentic AI now conducts screening interviews, too!

If video chatting with a black screen makes you nervous—or prompts outright panic—you aren’t alone. But if you implement the interview prep process I outline in this short and sweet episode, you’ll be ready to take on that artificial interrogator with all the personality, warmth, and expertise you bring to your in-person conversations, too.

Here’s what you need to know to feel confident in your AI interview:

  • Why you should mimic the incoming interview style when you rehearse;
  • How to more naturally exude the human traits the bots are looking for;
  • Top AI tools to help you tackle the job-seeking process.

Related Links:

  • HIRED: a job search accelerator video course - https://www.bossedup.org/hired/
  • The New York Times, “Welcome to Your Job Interview. Your Interviewer Is A.I.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/technology/ai-job-interviews.html
  • Harvard Business Review, “Are You Prepared to Be Interviewed by an AI?” - https://hbr.org/2023/02/are-you-prepared-to-be-interviewed-by-an-ai
  • Workday, “Workday Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Paradox, the AI Company Redefining the Frontline Candidate Experience” - https://investor.workday.com/2025-08-21-Workday-Signs-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-Paradox,-the-AI-Company-Redefining-the-Frontline-Candidate-Experience
  • Josh Bersin, “LinkedIn Enters AI Agent Race With LinkedIn Hiring Assistant” - https://joshbersin.com/2024/10/linkedin-enters-ai-agent-race-with-linkedin-hiring-assistant/
  • CBS News, “Your next job interview might be with AI. Here's how to ace it.” - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-job-interview-tips-to-prepare-artificial-intelligence/
  • Episode 361, Top Tips to Get Your Resume Past Applicant Tracking Systems - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode361
  • Google’s Interview Warmup - https://grow.google/certificates/interview-warmup/
  • Final Round AI Mock Interview - https://www.finalroundai.com/ai-mock-interview
  • Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
  • Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Bossed UpBy Emilie Aries

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

401 ratings


More shows like Bossed Up

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

91,044 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,547 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,878 Listeners

Stuff Mom Never Told You by iHeartPodcasts

Stuff Mom Never Told You

4,406 Listeners

Happier with Gretchen Rubin by Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

12,967 Listeners

Savage Lovecast by Dan Savage

Savage Lovecast

6,182 Listeners

How I Built This with Guy Raz by Guy Raz | Wondery

How I Built This with Guy Raz

30,211 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

113,168 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,921 Listeners

Hysteria by Hysteria

Hysteria

7,282 Listeners

Life Kit by NPR

Life Kit

4,855 Listeners

What A Day by What A Day

What A Day

12,381 Listeners

There Are No Girls on the Internet by iHeartPodcasts

There Are No Girls on the Internet

861 Listeners

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus by Lemonada Media

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

11,507 Listeners

Handsome by Headgum

Handsome

13,675 Listeners