What if your next job interview wasn’t with a person at all, but with an AI that asks tough follow-up questions, watches how you solve problems and reports back to the hiring manager? That’s no longer science fiction. South Korean IT company SK AX says its new AI hiring tool, G-Fit Studio, assessed about 1,800 job applicants in just six hours.
SK AX launched G-Fit Studio on October 29. I’ll admit, as someone who has sat through plenty of nerve-wracking interviews, I’m both curious and a little cautious about this one. Here’s what it does and why it could change job hunting.
AI Hiring Tool G-Fit Studio: Key Facts at a Glance
- What it is: an AI-powered talent assessment tool from SK AX, an IT company in South Korea’s SK Group
- The big result: SK AX says it measured about 1,800 applicants’ skills in just six hours
- What it measures: problem solving, communication and how well applicants use AI
- How it works: a business problem solving challenge, then a 30 minute AI interview
- Languages: supports English, Japanese and other languages
- Human role: the AI supports hiring managers, who make the final decision
Keep reading to see what applicants actually go through, and how to prepare if you ever face an AI interview.
1,800 Applicants in Just 6 Hours
Let’s start with the number that grabbed everyone’s attention. SK AX tested G-Fit Studio on its own hiring first. When choosing trainees for the fourth class of SKALA, its AI talent program that can lead to jobs, the company used G-Fit Studio to assess about 1,800 applicants. The whole process took just six hours.
Think about how long that would normally take. Interviewing 1,800 people the traditional way could keep an HR team busy for weeks. Honestly, that’s the part that made me stop and reread it.
The AI Interview: Tough Questions, No Easy Way Out
The most eye-opening part of G-Fit Studio is its interview. It lasts about 30 minutes, and the AI plays different roles, like a hiring manager or a department manager.
If an applicant gives a short or shallow answer, the AI doesn’t just move on. It digs deeper with follow-up questions like:
- “Why did you make that decision?”
- “What makes your idea better than the other options?”
- “If another department pushed back, how would you convince them?”
That sounds a lot like a real, demanding boss. It’s designed to show whether someone can think on their feet and defend their ideas, skills you can’t really see on a resume.
The Problem Solving Challenge
Before the interview, applicants tackle a realistic business problem. They come up with ideas about what might be causing it, then work with an AI agent to organize their thinking and build a plan to fix it.
Here’s the clever part. G-Fit Studio doesn’t just judge the final answer. It records the whole process as behavioral data:
- What questions did the applicant ask the AI?
- How did they judge the information the AI gave them?
- How did they use that information to solve the problem?
The interview then builds on this, with questions about the applicant’s cover letter and the solution they came up with. I really like this idea. In real jobs, how you get to an answer often matters just as much as the answer itself.
How to Prepare If You Face an AI Interview
If tools like G-Fit Studio catch on, job hunting could look quite different. Here’s how applicants can get ready:
- Practice using AI tools. Knowing how to ask AI good questions and judge its answers could become a skill employers test directly.
- Explain your thinking. Be ready to say why you made a decision, not just what you decided.
- Prepare for follow-up questions. Short answers may lead to tougher questions, so think through your reasoning ahead of time.
- Show how you handle disagreement. Employers want to see how you’d work with people who don’t agree with you.
What Is G-Fit Studio?
G-Fit Studio is an AI tool designed to see how people actually think and work. It uses AI simulations based on real work situations to analyze three key skills:
- Problem-solving: can the applicant break down a tricky business problem and find a practical solution?
- Communication: can they explain and defend their ideas clearly?
- AI skills: how well do they use AI tools to get work done?
The AI doesn’t hire anyone on its own. It gathers information and helps hiring managers judge applicants more clearly.
Why Companies Might Like It
SK AX highlights several benefits:
- Finding job-ready talent: because applicants tackle realistic tasks, companies can spot people who can actually do the work.
- Fairer evaluations: every applicant gets the same tasks and the same scoring standards, which SK AX says makes assessments more objective.
- Global hiring: it supports English, Japanese and other languages, so companies can check the communication skills needed for international work or customer service.
- Less work for HR teams: it can handle a huge number of applicants quickly.
- Not just for hiring: SK AX says companies can also use it to assess and train their existing employees.
Things to Keep in Mind
AI in hiring is exciting, but it also raises important questions. Can an AI fairly judge people from different backgrounds? Will some applicants feel nervous talking to an AI instead of a person? And how much should companies rely on AI scores when making such important decisions?
That’s why it matters that SK AX describes G-Fit Studio as a tool to support hiring managers, not replace them. Personally, I think that’s the right approach. AI can help sort through huge numbers of applicants, but people should still make the final call.
Is AI the Future of Hiring?
SK AX’s G-Fit Studio shows how AI is moving beyond resume screening into something much more hands-on. By testing problem solving, communication and AI skills through realistic challenges and interviews, it aims to help companies find the right people faster and more fairly.
Assessing 1,800 applicants in six hours is impressive. But the real test will be whether tools like this lead to better hires and a fairer experience for job seekers. I’ll be watching closely to see how it works out.
Would you feel comfortable being interviewed by an AI? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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