Mumbai, May 7 -- Imagine walking into a job interview with no human on the other side, just some code analysing every word, tone and response before deciding your fate. That is no longer hypothetical. The financial services arm of billionaire Ajay Piramal-backed Piramal Group is testing exactly this model to improve hiring efficiency.

In the three months to March, Piramal Finance-a non-bank financier with assets of over Rs.1 trillion-hired 262 entry-level sales executives entirely using an artificial intelligence (AI) bot. Human involvement came only at the final stage of issuing offer letters.

While AI-assisted hiring is not new, this is among the earliest instances of a large company allowing AI to make hiring decisions.

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