求职者Millard在应征一份媒体公关工作时，原本预期会与真人面试，却被要求录制自己回答问题的影片。他在晚上九点半进行了这场面试，面对萤幕上跳出的问题，他只有短短的思考时间和两分钟的录影时间，这段经历让他感到非常不真实。尽管最终遭到拒绝，他的经历反映了现代求职市场中自动化视讯面试与AI技术的普及，以及深夜面试趋势的兴起。（关键数字：9:30, two minutes）

根据语音AI招募软体公司Ribbon的数据，约有24%的AI面试发生在当地时间晚上10点到凌晨2点之间，这为那些因为日班工作、育儿或其他限制而无法在正常时间面试的求职者提供了新的选择。然而，许多求职者对AI面试抱持怀疑态度，Greenhouse的调查指出，高达38%的美国求职者会因为面试涉及AI而选择退出招募流程，主因在于他们担心AI的评分标准不透明。

这些AI系统通常透过特定的评分标准来评估求职者的技术能力或热情程度，并将结果提供给招募人员。虽然有专家认为AI面试应该作为履历的辅助工具，帮助优秀人才从海量申请中脱颖而出，而不是完全取代真人面试，但对许多求职者而言，这个过程仍令人沮丧。Millard甚至将这种求职的无力感写成了一部独角戏，因为在现今的就业市场中，求职往往感觉像是在对著虚空呐喊，而没有人会听见。

Job seeker Millard expected a human interviewer for a media relations position but was instead instructed to record his answers on camera. Completing the interview at 9:30 PM, he faced on-screen questions with minimal time to think and only two minutes to record his responses, an experience he found bizarre. Although he ultimately received an automated rejection, his ordeal highlights the growing prevalence of automated video and AI interviews in the modern job market, as well as the rise of late-night interviewing.

Data from Ribbon, a voice-AI recruitment software company, reveals that 24 percent of their AI interviews occur between 10 PM and 2 AM local time, offering a new alternative for candidates constrained by daytime jobs, parenting, or other responsibilities. However, many applicants remain highly skeptical of AI interviews, with a Greenhouse survey indicating that 38 percent of American candidates have withdrawn from a hiring process because it involved an AI agent, largely due to concerns over the lack of transparency in how they are evaluated.

These AI systems typically evaluate candidates against specific rubrics, analyzing their technical skills or enthusiasm, and then pass the scores to human recruiters. While some experts argue that AI interviews should serve as a resume supplement to help strong candidates stand out from a massive pool of applicants rather than replace humans entirely, the process remains frustrating for many. Millard channeled this emotional devastation into a one-man show, capturing the sentiment that applying for jobs today often feels like screaming into an indifferent void.