# Caught by a Flashed Chatbot Window in a Machine-Learning Interview.

**[TRUE STORY]** — by via X · NewsBytes

A recruiter's X post went viral after he described ending a machine-learning interview when a candidate, confident until asked to sketch a system-architecture diagram, froze and accidentally flashed a chatbot window on screen. The recruiter called it cheating and terminated the call. Commenters split on whether the real problem was the candidate or an interview format that tests memorization more than ability.

*Source: [via X · NewsBytes](https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/business/recruiters-viral-x-post-alleges-chatbot-use-in-ml-interview/tldr)*
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