South Korean Survey: 81% of Job Seekers and 92% of HR Staff Support Banning AI Smart Glasses in Interviews

According to a report by Korean tech media outlet Platum, HR technology company SuperCoder and PR agency Dongseo Nambug jointly released the results of a survey on "wearing AI smart glasses during interviews" on October 29. The online survey was conducted from October 12 to 26, targeting 478 participants of an AI interview competition hosted by SuperCoder and 348 HR personnel from SuperCoder's partner companies. It should be noted that the sample was not randomly selected but focused on specific groups.

The results showed that 81% of job seekers and 92% of HR staff agreed to ban the wearing of AI smart glasses in face-to-face interviews. However, the reasons for supporting the ban differed significantly between the two groups. 51% of job seekers cited "fairness and equality" as the primary reason, arguing that not everyone can afford expensive smart glasses; followed by corporate and personal privacy leaks (32%) and difficulty in assessing true capabilities (16%). In contrast, 67% of HR staff were most concerned about corporate and personal information leaks, pointing out that the camera and recording functions of the glasses could lead to the exposure of interviewer identities or interview questions; only 26% of HR staff listed fairness issues as their top concern.

Yoo Seung-hoon, CEO of Dongseo Nambug, stated that cases of cheating using AI glasses have recently been detected in South Korean college entrance exams and national qualification tests, suggesting that new types of cheating enabled by technology could shake trust in the recruitment market. Choi Jae-woong, CEO of SuperCoder, said that some large South Korean companies have already begun prohibiting the entry of AI smart glasses and other assistive devices into interview venues, and are reviewing procedures to identify and handle such devices.