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McKinsey tests candidates on filtering model output

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McKinsey now tests job candidates on prompting its internal AI and specifically on whether they have the judgment to filter out the synthetic slop the model produces.

Reporting date: 2026-01-15 (not necessarily the event date)

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McKinsey tests candidates on filtering model output
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Reporting date: 2026-01-15
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-15-mckinsey-tests-prompting-judgment
Claim: McKinsey now tests job candidates on prompting its internal AI and specifically on whether they have the judgment to filter out the synthetic slop the model produces.
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