I created two ghosts during lunch. The AI gave one a job offer.

This is a story about a company that rolled out an AI interview system — and the lunch break I spent creating two ghosts to test it.

One of them stuffed its answers with keywords and got a "Recommended" rating — two points shy of "Strongly Recommended."

Based on a true story shared by a community member. If you have one of your own — reach out. The next one could be yours.

Act 1 · The Coffee Mug

Zhang walked up to my desk with a coffee mug. It had "World's Greatest QA Engineer" printed on it — a souvenir from last year's team building. The letters were barely readable.