--- title: "Internal Google Document Reveals That Its HR AI Has Been Throwing Résumés From Qualified Applicants Straight Into the Trash" description: "Documents from the behemoth's top AI lab reveal a work-around so applicants don't get lost in Google's own AI labyrinth." date: "2026-08-12" modified: "2026-08-12" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/google-hr-resume-applicants-deepmind-ai-hiring" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Future Society" - "Google" --- # Internal Google Document Reveals That Its HR AI Has Been Throwing Résumés From Qualified Applicants Straight Into the Trash ![A photo illustration of a hand throwing crumpled paper in the trash.]() *Shutterstock / Futurism* Bad news for anyone seeking a job in this [AI-infested hiring hellscape](): not even Google's top AI lab can figure it out. That's according to an HR memo [viewed by *Bloomberg*](), encouraging job-seekers to fill out a special AI-proof form on top of their standard application so that a "real human" will know they applied. The document, which contains the delicious disclaimer "PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS DOC WIDELY," is ironically the product of Google DeepMind's AGI Safety and Alignment Team. Taken at face value, it pretty blatantly admits that whatever AI-integrated hiring software the lab uses to review candidates has been dumping CVs straight into the garbage. "We have an applications system with a non-trivial probability your CV will be screened out incorrectly or take too long to reach us," the memo explains. "Filling out this form makes sure that a real human on the team will get to see your application." Even in the face of the memo, a spokesperson for Google's DeepMind project insisted to *Bloomberg* that the company's AI hiring software is working just fine. "This team set up a special form to go past the recruiter review, and get their resumes direct to the people on the team," the spokesperson said. "But there are no shortcuts to getting hired." All told, it's a wild admission from any Google division, not to mention its flagship AI research hub. For the DeepMind crew, specifically, to throw up their hands and invent a workaround to sneak past the company's own AI hiring software is galling beyond words. It's safe to say AI slop has [completely obliterated]() the digital hiring ecosystem millions depend on to find work — and if Google's top AI minds can't fix it, what hope do the rest of us have? **More on Google:** *[Google's AI Is Telling Users That Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper]()* ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()