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Fearing the dreaded technical interview, Kyle hit the books harder than a high school junior studying for the SAT. It turns out Silicon Valley is engaged in a raucous debate over the use of artificial intelligence in technical interviews. Those in favor say banning chatbots in technical interviews is like prohibiting calculators in math tests. AdvertisementThe technical interview is open bookPeople close to the interview process say companies are already changing their tests to avoid cheating. Big Tech's reluctanceIn Big Tech, companies are so far opting out of chatbots in technical interviews.
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That was up from 10% in January 2022, but the pessimists were far outnumbered, with 71% of tech workers feeling positive. Many people spent Covid-19 lockdowns developing their digital skills, and plenty wound up switching from other sectors, like retail or education, into tech roles elsewhere. Professional and business services roles, which include engineering and “computer services,” were down 6,000 last month from November. Even so, employers’ broad appetite for tech skills could put something of a floor under wages — and prop up the appeal of tech roles in general — even as the economy slows. Experienced tech workers, rather than those new to the field, largely drove those pay gains, the jobs platform Hired found in research published in September.
That's the pitch being used by talent-starved technology firms trying to lure thousands of former Twitter Inc employees laid off by the social media company under its new owner. Twitter has fired top executives and enforced steep job cuts with little warning following Musk's tumultuous takeover of the social media platform. Other big U.S. tech firms including Meta (META.O) and Amazon (AMZN.O) have also laid off thousands of staff in recent weeks due to the uncertain economic environment. But the public criticism of Musk highlights strong demand in parts of the industry for highly skilled digital workers. Mass job cuts and public resignations at Twitter have prompted worries the firm is shedding vital staff and fears the social media "town square" could face technical troubles.
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