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Employers Reinstate Face-to-Face Interviews to Curb AI-Enabled Hiring Fraud

Firms are layering identity-verification tools with in-person assessments to protect the integrity of remote hiring.

Realistic AI-enabled videos are one reason some companies are relying more on old-fashioned, face-to-face job interviews.
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

Overview

  • Google confirmed reinstating at least one in-person interview round for some roles to verify candidates’ fundamental skills after AI-enabled cheating emerged in virtual assessments.
  • Partnerships between hiring platforms like Greenhouse and identity-verification providers such as Clear now enable candidates to authenticate their identities directly on application portals.
  • Cisco and McKinsey have expanded face-to-face interviews following reports of deepfake impersonations and off-screen AI assistance during virtual assessments.
  • Recruiters say in-person interview requests rose from about 5 percent of clients in 2024 to roughly 30 percent in 2025 as companies seek to counter AI-driven fraud.
  • An FBI alert about North Korea–linked scammers posing as American remote workers and Gartner’s forecast that one in four candidate profiles could be fake by 2028 have underscored the need for stricter hiring safeguards.