Possibly screwed over by AI

[Zkr623]

In the interests of time and to avoid errors, I wanted to reply as quickly and smoothly to an interview request by email from a recruiter who wanted to move to the next step. So I let my AI app formulate a quick reply. Only after sending, I noticed AI had added a telltale 'signature' to the bottom.

" Thank you for reaching out. Thursday, November 20th at 1pm works perfectly—I’ll be available and looking forward to our conversation.

You can reach me at (XXX) XXX XXXX.

Best regards,

Would you like a slightly more casual or more formal version as well? You can reach me at 2XX XXX XXXX

"

Am I screwed? AI suggested a followup to tell her to disregard the last email BUT that would just draw more attention to it. I am so embarassed. Aren't recruiters trained to look for details? Is this over?

If you are being lazy in an email replying to an offer of an interview for a potential job, then it shows that maybe you aren't as bothered about this opportunity as you could be.

Speaking from the point of view of the recruiter, I wouldn't be all that thrilled to receive an email like that.

Not a good look really as it makes you seem incredibly lazy.

If that is how you think it's okay to treat a company when you are trying to get them to give you a job, so essentially on your best behaviour, I'd completely write you off in the belief that this was the most effort you'd ever put in.

If it's a third party recruiter trying to place you with a suitable company, they may point it out to you as something to be more careful about in future or give you a chance to explain it or possibly even overlook it, because they want to place you somewhere and fill openings for their corporate clients.

If it's an internal recruiter for your potential employer, it's more likely to be a real issue. The main problem is probably less that you used AI (unless the organization is opposed to it for some reason, or possibly the recruiter has a prejudice about it), it's that you didn't catch the common and visible error before sending what should have been a very important email from your perspective. You seem in your followup to see this one quick email as trivial and that it might be petty for the receiver reacting negatively, but others will have the view that every communication with someone who could hire you is important and high visibility when you're one of many people hoping to land a specific job and there's not that much to differentiate you from the competition.

my workplace is so obsessed with ai at the moment and everyone is also so behind that I think they wouldn't care and it would be an advantage even that you use ai. I think it depends on the workplace

They didn't have to look deeply they just had to read it, which I assume you expected them to do. If you think the recruiters are shallow and nit
picky you are going for the wrong job. If it's really informal and quick why use AI? Being lazy is not going to endear you to people looking to hire someone.

Isn't it what?

So much quicker to write your own reply than type all that into AI, though!

I wouldn't progress that as a recruiter. It shows an alarming lack of attention to detail and zero ability to write a basic email. Not a great skill set. Lesson learnt.

I wouldn’t be taking a candidate forward who relies on AI for even 2 sentence emails, no - sorry.

I think the killer is you didn't read it through and spot the typo. OK to use AI to save time but not checking its work makes you a liability.

If it comes down to you and another candidate who are equally qualified, it's likely they will go for the other candidate. Yes, I would judge.

To be brutally honest, yes, it would be like a klaxon going off for me that someone was too lazy or inept to construct even a two line "informal and quick" email response without resorting to AI. And then couldn't even be bothered to read it afterwards.

I don't think that's "nitpicky" or "shallow", just common sense.

But as a PP said, if it's a recruitment consultant and not a hiring manager receiving the email, they probably only care about being able to fill the role and picking up their fee, so all may still come out well in the wash.

AI didn't screw you, in the same way that it's not the hammers fault if you hit yourself in the thumb with one. You were lazy in the first instance to use AI to compose what is a 2 sentence email, and you were daft enough not to check what it came out with.

As it's a recruiter, you will probably get away with it because all recruiters care about is getting their commision.

Speaking as a hiring manager though, this would be enough for me to put you in the bin if i had alternative candidates. It just shows you as being both lazy AND careless.

I think it's an embarrassing mistake. Look up the Kingston on Thames AI monstrous mural and see why AI isn't necessarily a good thing and if it is used why it should be proof checked by a human being with the amazing neural capacity the human brain has. Especially for an interview where they really need to get a picture of you, not from some amalgam of a million people's inputs.

Yes I dont like AI 😆

I use it to help me write emails and job adverts

The state of the replies on this.

@Zkr623 it's probably not the big deal you're worried about. I bet most recruiters use AI to speed up their workflow, especially as it's often a numbers game.

I'd just leave it. They might judge you for it, but their opinion doesn't really matter. Just do your thing in the interview and, if you're right for the job, nobody is going to care that you tried to save a few seconds replying to an email.

I would bin that.
I'd wonder why you couldn't write a two line e-mail by yourself and you've also shown that you don't check important texts before you send them out, otherwise you would have seen the AI thing at the bottom. Also it shows how little effort you put into your reply and they will probably think you're not that interested or you are just firing out hundreds of applications at random.

Oh, bore off.

Recruiters have always used third party systems to analyse CVs.

Is it an internal recruiter for a company or an agency recruiter? If it's agency, they wont care as long as you've got the right skills and experience for the job. Tbh if I was an internal recruiter I would just roll my eyes and still progress if you had the right experience and skill set.

Recruiters won't give a shit, because for them it's literally all about comission.

The people actually hiring OP may very well give a shit if they see it, because it's hardly a good first impression isn't it, that someone applying for a job is too fucking lazy to write a 2 line email and then, having resorted to AI, was too stupid not to proof read what it said. I tend to try to avoid hiring lazy, stupid people personally.

I don't think AI has screwed you over, more you have managed it yourself by cutting and pasting the AI response which probably took longer than writing a reply yourself.

This. ^ You reap what you sow @Zkr623

I find it bizarre that you couldn't be arsed to type several lines. Farting about with ai and trying to get it to construct an email seems like more fuss and hard work than just typing it yourself! AND it messed it up anyway!

The venom on this thread, blimey! OP don't lose sleep over it, we've all made mistakes on email - sent to the wrong person etc. Lesson learnt for next time and, despite the responses on this thread, most people would see past this if you have the experience and skill set for this role. If not then move on to the next one.
Good luck!

Quite agree. Locus of control op.

You need to remove the emdash anyway.

How do you spell perfectly? Now I am confused 😅 defo been misspelling that if that’s incorrect