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May 1, 2026
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Talking to the Machine: How to Survive — and Win — AI-Powered Job Interviews

AI screening is now standard in senior tech hiring. Before your CV reaches a human, an algorithm has already scored it. Here's how to engineer your way through it.

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Talking to the Machine: How to Survive — and Win — AI-Powered Job Interviews

AI-powered screening is now a standard part of the hiring funnel for senior tech roles. Before your CV ever reaches a human recruiter, it may already have been scored, ranked, and filtered by an algorithm.

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The anxiety around AI-evaluated interviews is understandable — but mostly misplaced. Once you understand how these systems work, they become a constraint to engineer around, not a judgment to fear.

  • How AI screening systems actually evaluate candidates
  • The STAR method and why structured answers score higher
  • Keyword alignment strategies that get you past the initial filter
  • What shifts once you know a human is reading

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Eduardo Lucas

Senior Python/Django Developer · Data Architect · 25+ years in enterprise IT