Use of AI in job interviews on the rise – but UK recruiters say they can spot the cheats
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EN: The present perfect tense ('have reached') is formed with 'have/has' + past participle. It is used here to connect a past event or trend directly to the present moment, emphasizing the current state of a new record.
Housing prices have reached an all-time high this year.
EN: Prepositional phrases ('of cheating', 'by graduates', 'in job interviews') stack together to post-modify the head noun 'Reports', adding layers of detail about what kind of reports, done by whom, and where.
Complaints of noise by residents in the neighborhood were investigated.
EN: In the UK, large employers heavily rely on standardized 'graduate schemes', involving multiple stages of online assessments and video interviews. The sudden surge of generative AI tools has significantly disrupted this traditional recruiting pipeline.
EN: A non-defining relative clause begins with 'which' (or 'who') preceded by a comma. It adds extra, non-essential information about the preceding noun phrase and cannot use 'that'.
The company, which was founded in 2010, has over 500 employees.
EN: In British English, 'graduate employers' uses the noun 'graduate' as an adjunct modifier (a noun acting like an adjective) to specify employers who recruit university graduates.
Many graduate schemes open their applications in autumn.
EN: In the UK job market, 'graduate employers' refers specifically to organizations running formal graduate training schemes or recruitment pipelines for fresh university leavers.
EN: The prepositional phrase 'According to...' is used to cite an external source of information or data, setting the factual background at the start of a sentence.
According to the report, renewable energy usage increased significantly this year.
EN: 'Compared with...' (or 'compared to...') is a participial phrase used to make a comparison, contrasting one figure, statistic, or situation against another.
Profits rose by 10 percent, compared with a 5 percent drop last quarter.
EN: Superlative Adjective: 'The most common' is used to describe the highest degree of a quality ('common') among three or more items. For multi-syllable adjectives like 'common', we form the superlative by placing 'most' in front, usually preceded by the definite article 'the'.
The most effective method is regular practice.
EN: Prepositional Phrases as Post-modifiers: In this sentence, 'of AI' modifies 'use', and 'during interviews and online tests' specifies the timeframe for that use. Prepositional phrases frequently act like adjectives or adverbs to add essential details to a noun phrase.
The rapid growth of technology during the last decade changed our lives.
EN: With the rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, UK employers and recruitment agencies have become increasingly vigilant about unapproved AI assistance during remote hiring rounds, treating unauthorized use as a breach of academic or professional integrity.
EN: A non-defining relative clause (introduced by 'who') provides extra, non-essential information about a noun (Chris Morrow). It is separated by commas.
David, who teaches history at the college, published a new book.
EN: Gerund phrase as subject of a clause: 'cheating with AI' functions as the subject inside the reported clause, followed by the linking verb 'is' and adjective 'easy'.
Speaking in public is difficult for many people.
EN: In the UK job market, remote and automated assessments have become standard for graduate recruitment since the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT has sparked major concerns among UK employers about authenticity in virtual interviews.
EN: The conjunction 'that' introduces a noun clause functioning as the direct object of reporting verbs like 'explain', 'say', or 'think'.
She mentioned that the meeting was postponed.
EN: The sensory verb 'sound' followed by 'like' can take a full clause (subject + verb) or a noun phrase to express an impression or resemblance.
It sounds like you had a very busy day.
EN: With the rise of generative AI, remote job interviews increasingly face candidates using real-time assistance. Interviewers often look for unnatural speech cadence, lack of eye contact, or a 'reading' tone as red flags.
EN: The sentence uses an adverbial clause of time introduced by 'When' ('When this happens') paired with the simple present tense to describe habitual actions or repeated real-world cause-and-effect scenarios (Zero Conditional type meaning).
When the bell rings, students usually pack their bags.
EN: 'Because' introduces an adverbial clause of reason, followed by an omitted 'that' before the noun clause ('[that] it is cheating') acting as the object of 'believe'.
She stayed home because she felt she was getting sick.
EN: With the rise of generative AI, recruitment processes in the UK and globally face new integrity challenges. Many employers have a zero-tolerance policy for using undisclosed AI assistance during live video interviews, viewing it as professional dishonesty.
Key vocabulary words with IPA pronunciation, definitions, example sentences, and interactive quizzes.
Phrases with type tags, bilingual definitions, usage notes, and example sentences.
To increase to a level that has never been achieved before.
A business that finds suitable workers for employers and jobs for job seekers.
A formal meeting in which an applicant is asked questions to determine their suitability for employment.
An investigation or study conducted once every year to gather information or opinions.