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Does an AI detector work on incoming applications?

Honest answer: not reliable enough to reject someone on. Detectors get it wrong regularly.

Try this first

  1. 1Detectors output a probability, not a fact. False positives are common, especially for non-native English or Dutch.
  2. 2What you see in practice: clearly AI-polished text. That is not a problem, people use AI to write better.
  3. 3Judge on substance, not style. Ask for concrete examples of what they did in past roles, an AI cannot fill that in.
  4. 4A short practical task or case interview tells you much more than a detector score. That comes with 2026.
  5. 5Be transparent: 'we do not use AI detectors when hiring' is a more honest line than rejecting on a shaky score.

When to bring us in

Discrimination concerns or objections from rejected candidates about AI use in hiring: that is employment law, bring in a lawyer.

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