AI interview policies
AI in interviews: who bans it, who allows it, who requires it
Sergei Skrylkov, Founder, Trippi · facts checked against the product on 2026-09-30
There is no single rule about AI in job interviews. Some companies disqualify candidates for it, some run rounds where it is required, and most have not written anything down — which means the rule is whatever the interviewer believes it is. This page is a list of the ones that have said something in public, with a source and a date next to each line, and a column that matters more than the policy: what it means for you on the day. Checked: 30 September 2026. We re-check monthly and change the date when we do.
The list
| Company | Policy | What it means on the day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Reported guidance to candidates: “please do not use GenAI tools during your interview unless explicitly permitted”; failing to follow it “may result in disqualification from the recruitment process”. | Assume any assistance is disqualifying, in every round, unless the invitation says otherwise. | Reported: Business Insider, February 2025, from internal Amazon guidelines; ITPro, March 2025 |
| No candidate-facing AI rule we could open. Reported: at least one round back in person (CEO remarks, 2025), and a pilot from the second half of 2026 in which junior and mid-level US software candidates may use Gemini in a “code comprehension” round. | Expect one in-person round. Use AI only in a round that is described to you as AI-assisted. | Reported: Heise, August 2025, citing The Wall Street Journal; Business Insider, May 2026 | |
| Anthropic | Candidate guidance on its own site: use Claude to refine an application you drafted yourself and to prepare; take-home assessments without Claude and live interviews with “no AI assistance unless we indicate otherwise”. Replaced a stricter 2025 rule against AI in applications. | Live interviews and take-homes: no AI unless you are told otherwise. | Anthropic, “How to collaborate with Claude during our hiring process”, updated July 2025 |
| Meta | Told employees in July 2025 it would let some coding candidates use an AI assistant. Prep guides describe the round since October 2025: 60 minutes in CoderPad with a built-in AI assistant, replacing one of two onsite coding rounds. | AI is part of the exercise in that round only. | Reported: 404 Media, July 2025; Hello Interview guide, 2026 |
| Canva | Its engineering blog says it now expects backend, machine learning and frontend engineering candidates to use AI tools such as Copilot, Cursor and Claude in technical interviews. | Bring your usual tools to the technical round; the skill being assessed is directing them. | Canva Engineering Blog, “Yes, you can use AI in our interviews”, June 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | A campus-recruiting email for a recorded (HireVue) interview said the bank “prohibits the use of any external sources, including ChatGPT or Google search engine, during the interview process”. | No AI and no search, in the recorded round and, by the same logic, in live ones. | Reported: Business Insider and Fortune, June 2025 |
| McKinsey | Its careers page encourages AI for preparation, but calls using it “to generate real-time responses during an interview” misuse; AI during assessments is not allowed unless specifically permitted. It also asks candidates to switch off AI note-taking tools. Reported to require at least one in-person meeting before an offer. | Prepare with AI; interview and assessments without it, unless a round is set up for it. | McKinsey Careers, “Interviewing: AI in the hiring process”, read September 2026; in-person meeting reported by The Wall Street Journal, 2025 |
| BCG | Its GenAI guidelines for campus candidates allow AI for résumé and case preparation, and say: do not use GenAI or other tools, such as Zoom’s AI Companion, during a live case. | Live case: nothing running but you. Preparation: fine. | BCG Careers, “GenAI Guidelines” (US on-campus), read September 2026 |
| Cisco | Reported among the US employers asking for more in-person interviews because of AI use in remote ones. | Expect an on-site round late in the process; remote rounds are still remote. | Reported: Heise, August 2025, citing The Wall Street Journal |
The pattern across the list: the employers with public rules are large tech, finance and consulting firms, and their rules fall into three kinds — no AI in any round, no AI except in a named round built for it, or AI expected in a named round. No large employer we found allows AI help in a conversational interview without saying so first.
The rule when there is no rule
Most companies are not on this list, and their interviewers have not been told anything. In that case the working rule is the one on our responsible use page: what you were told is the rule, silence is not permission for something the interviewer would object to if they saw it, and anything that hides itself is over the line regardless of policy. If you want to use a tool and the invitation says nothing, the plain move is to ask. Recruiters answer that question more often than people expect, and the answer is usually specific — “not in the coding round, otherwise we don’t mind”.
What the platforms see
Policy is one half; detection is the other. Recorded-interview platforms publish what they watch: HireVue’s integrity page lists browser-focus loss, browser monitoring, candidate snapshots, limits on copy and paste, and AI detection; the others are compared on recorded interview platforms. Live rounds on Meet, Zoom or Teams see your camera and whatever you share, nothing more. Interviewers, meanwhile, report catching assistance by the things the tools cause: a fixed pause before every answer, eyes tracking a line of text, a fluent answer that collapses on the follow-up. Those are on can interviewers tell in detail.
Where Trippi Cue stands
Trippi Cue is a Chrome extension for live calls. It listens to the tab after you click its icon, shows the interviewer’s lines with a translation, and suggests a short structure when a question is asked of you. It does not hide itself from anyone, makes no claim about going unnoticed, and is not built for rounds where assistance is prohibited. On the list above, that means: not at Amazon, Anthropic, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey or in a BCG live case; in a Meta, Canva or Google AI-assisted round, the assistant they give you is the one being assessed, not ours. Where it fits is the large middle — companies with no policy, interviews in your second language, and rounds where you were told help with understanding the question is fine.
FAQ
About the rules.
Is using AI in a job interview illegal?+
No. It can breach the terms you agreed to for a specific interview, and it can get you disqualified, but it is a contract and policy matter, not a legal one.
Which companies allow AI in interviews?+
Meta and Canva run technical rounds where AI is part of the exercise, and Google is reported to be piloting one. Anthropic, McKinsey and BCG welcome AI for preparation but not in the interview itself. We found no large employer that allows AI help in a conversational interview without saying so first.
Does Amazon check for AI use?+
Amazon’s guidance, as reported, says use may lead to disqualification; how it checks is not published. Reports describe interviewers told to watch for typing while a question is asked and for answers that sound read. Assume the interviewer is attentive.
How often is this list updated?+
Monthly, with the date at the top changed when we check. Policies in this area move quickly; open the source before you rely on a line.
What if the invitation says nothing about AI?+
Ask the recruiter. Failing that, use only what you would be comfortable describing to the interviewer if they asked.
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