HBR Argues Generative AI Is Undermining Both Ends of Hiring

Harvard Business Review published an article on June 8, 2026, titled "AI Has Broken Hiring. Here's How to Fix It.," arguing that generative AI has transformed everything from résumé writing to remote interviews, turning hiring into a system that rewards the ability to perform the hiring process rather than the ability to do the work. The author, a startup developer, drew the conclusion after spending five months from July 2025 conducting structured interviews with 120 talent acquisition leaders across 87 companies and analyzing 6,380 initial screening recordings provided by eight U.S. tech firms (HBR).