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He Couldn't Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?

A medical student suspected AI screening tools were rejecting his residency applications. He spent months investigating and reverse-engineering the algorithm, eventually securing interviews by directly contacting programs.

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He Couldn't Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
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  • Chad Markey, a Dartmouth medical student, received no interview offers despite strong credentials.
  • He suspected Thalamus' Cortex AI screener, which used grade normalization and keyword filtering.
  • After months of coding and testing, he found that language describing his medical leave of absence may have hurt his application.
  • He eventually matched at Columbia University after emailing program coordinators directly.

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