We posted a vacancy for @BrighterData recently and got 40 applications. The funny part is that the ones NOT written with AI stood out instantly.

Most applications looked like the perfect submission from five years ago. Long, polished, every skill neatly lined up, CV looking like the applicant’s entire career had been engineered for exactly what we needed.

The problem was that I had 30 of those. None of them stood out. They were too perfect and too artificial. In the end we chose the “less perfect” applications that were clearly written by an actual human.

What used to be the gold standard for a standout application is now a red flag, simply because everyone is doing the same thing with AI.

Interesting to see how fast the landscape is changing due to AI in so many ways.