Artificial intelligence has supercharged the hiring process—and in many ways, broken it. Recruiters are drowning in applications that all look perfect, and job seekers are fighting algorithms with algorithms to stand out.

The very tools designed to solve the problems of volume and bias have inadvertently created a host of new, counter-intuitive challenges. The promise of efficiency has given way to an AI arms race that has commoditized experience, encouraged reckless corporate decision-making, and broken the traditional signals of value.