An AI interview flagged him as a weak candidate. That verdict very nearly ended the process — delivered with the certainty of a score rather than the humility of a guess.
Then the hiring manager called. He had looked at the same candidate and concluded the system had made a mistake.
The candidate almost lost the job to software that does not have to live with the people it rejects. The only thing standing between the machine's no and a second look was one human who trusted his own read over the score.