You only need one thing to ace an interactive AI interview, says CEO who makes them NBC Connecticut [Video]

Whether you like it or not, if you’re looking for a new job, you may be interviewed by AI soon.

Interviews conducted by AI will a new norm by early next year, Brent Orsuga, a headhunter and recruitment expert told CNBC Make It last month.

Founded just last year, California-based AI recruitment platform Apriora conducts up to 1,000 AI powered interviews every day for companies looking to hire for positions ranging from senior software engineers to electricians and baristas, Aaron Wang, the company’s co-founder and CEO tells CNBC Make It.

From scheduling to conducting interviews, Wang says Apriora’s AI recruiting agent, Alex, which has been trained on “the entirety of the internet,” automates the entire recruitment process.

“You can think of her as a super intelligent recruiting colleague,” Wang says.

When a job is posted, Wang says the AI will read the description — creating a set of questions designed to evaluate candidates which …