Should AI Interview Software Have a Face? What New Research Says

A TikTok creator who goes by The Dreadful Studio sat down with an AI interviewer for a management role and answered every question in made-up gibberish. The avatar on screen smiled while he talked, frowned while it answered, and got angrier after each of his responses. Screenshot from The Dreadful Studio’s TikTok, October 4, 2026 “I do not know if you’re having a breakdown or if you simply lack the capacity to speak English,” it told him, before ending with “You are completely unqualified.