Anne Hathaway has a warning for anyone using ChatGPT to help write their job application thank you notes: She can tell.
In the age of AI, it’s never been easier to apply for thousands of roles at once. But as the Oscar-winning actress revealed while hiring for a recent role, it’s never been easier to get caught, either.
How could she tell? “They were all the exact same thank-you note,” Hathaway said.
When the first one came in, she thought “how nice, how professional,” but when the ones landed in her inbox, word-for-word identical to the first, the penny dropped fast.
“I was like, oh no… I see something I’m not supposed to see,” Hathaway added. “So I just want to warn you: If you’re out there thinking that you’re getting away with something, there’s a chance that you might be revealing yourself.”
“Oh my god, that would be an absolute killer,” she added. “Nobody on that list gets that job.”
The problem is that when everyone uses the same tools, with the same prompt, to regurgitate the same sounding note, they don’t just fail to stand out—they actively look uninvested in the company and the role.
