AI Is Changing How Companies Hire. Here's What to Know.
McKinsey's AI interview test, 87% AI resume screening, the shift to skills-based hiring, and your 6-step playbook to get hired in 2026.
The AI-Ready Hiring Guide by What About AI? covers how McKinsey added AI collaboration tests to final-round interviews, why 87% of companies now use AI to screen resumes, why 85% of employers have shifted to skills-based hiring, and provides a 6-step playbook including the dual demonstration strategy that helps candidates prove both AI proficiency and foundational expertise.
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Key Insights from This Guide
Here are some of the most important findings. Download the full guide for the complete playbook and data.
McKinsey's AI Collaboration Test
McKinsey added an AI collaboration test to final-round interviews using their proprietary Lilli tool. With nearly 1 million applicants per year and a sub-1% acceptance rate, when McKinsey changes its hiring process, the corporate world follows.
87% of Companies Use AI to Screen Resumes
The vast majority of resumes never reach a human. Combined with 85% of employers shifting to skills-based hiring (up from 56% in 2022), the traditional resume-first approach is rapidly losing its power as the gateway to interviews.
The Dual Demonstration Strategy
The strategy getting our coaching clients hired: solve the problem with AI to demonstrate proficiency, then walk through how you'd solve it without AI to prove depth. This combination — speed plus expertise — is what separates the best candidates.
Teach the Interviewer — Get Hired
Many interviewers are now asking about AI but don't fully understand it themselves. Candidates who can actually teach the interviewer something about AI during the interview process see significantly higher hire rates. We've had multiple clients get offers this way.
What's Inside the Guide
How Hiring Is Changing
Side-by-side comparison of the old interview process versus the new AI-powered hiring pipeline — from first contact to final evaluation.
The Numbers Behind the Shift
87% AI resume screening, 85% skills-based hiring, 75% AI proficiency testing by 2027 — every key statistic with sources.
McKinsey's AI Test
How McKinsey uses Lilli in final-round interviews — and what it signals about where every major employer is headed.
AI-Ready Hiring Guide
Interview Strategies & Career Playbook
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