We’re Now in the AI vs AI Resume War

Everyone knows companies are using AI to scan resumes now.
But we’re also at the point where applicants are using AI to write those resumes.

So we get this situation:

• The applicant uses AI to make their resume stronger.
• The recruiter uses AI to filter resumes faster.
• HR uses another AI to detect whether the resume was written by AI.

And all of this still ends with:
“We’ll get back to you.”

It’s weird.

And kind of funny.
And also kind of depressing.

Because for applicants, job searching is emotional:

• Hope
• Stress
• Trying to prove that you’re worth something
• Taking rejection personally

For recruiters, it’s logistical:

• Way too many candidates
• Not enough time to review everyone
• Pressure to reduce the stack quickly

So both sides start using AI.
Not to cheat — just to survive the process.

But then you get the contradiction:

“We can use AI to evaluate your resume, but if you used AI to write it, we might penalize you.”

Feels… uneven.

We’ve reached a point where the hiring pipeline is basically:

AI writes → AI evaluates → AI judges authenticity → humans maybe talk later

The process still pretends to be human.
But most of the interaction is now just AI negotiating with AI about humans.

I don’t think this is “bad” or “good.”
But it’s definitely something we should acknowledge instead of pretending nothing has changed.

What do you think? Is this just the natural evolution of hiring, or does it feel like something important is being lost?