Candidates using AI? No, thanks, say IIT recruiters

As the annual placement season dawns at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), colleges and recruiters are working to bar artificial intelligence (AI) tools and prevent cheating at test venues, a concern that first rose last year.

- Pratishtha Bagai

Simultaneously, recruiters are strengthening psychometric tests to pick the best candidates, and IITs are hiring professionals to help their students sail through.

Ahead of the placements starting on 1 December, IITs have established testing venues with biometric entry and restricted WiFi networks to block AI tools in online tests, multiple placement coordinators at IITs said. Companies are also deploying sophisticated software to monitor and prevent cheating behaviours such as unauthorized internet searches and tab switching.