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Cluely and the Future of Interviewing: Disruption or Disaster for Executive Search?
Cluely, the viral AI app billed as the ultimate “cheating” tool, is shaking up how we think about interviews and the broader executive search industry. Marketed as an undetectable assistant, Cluely listens to your audio, sees your screen, and feeds you real-time responses during virtual meetings, interviews, and sales calls—all while remaining invisible to others in the conversation[1][2][3]. With over $5 million in seed funding and tens of thousands of users in days, Cluely’s rapid rise is forcing a reckoning: Is this the next evolution of interviewing, or a red flag for trust and authenticity?