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Ai Job Interview Tools

12 items · 7 aliases · peaked week of 17 May 2026 · first seen 11 May 2026

A podcast discussing AI in hiring, a controversial new school reporting tool, US-Iran ceasefire developments, and business mobile services, highlighting concerns about education policy, technological implementation, and foreign policy outcomes.

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  • Um markets have obviously reacted to the fact that there is this two week ceasefire in place in the straits going to open, apparently. Um, so we're gonna have a chat to Milford Asset Management's Brendan Larson in about 20 minutes' time and get the lowdown from what the markets are doing there and where we're up to. It's it's five minutes away from six. Um, spare a thought for Otarua Lakes Council today, because they must feel like a right pack of Dorks. So apparently they had some people going around telling retailers on Easter Sunday to shut their shops when actually the retail retailers didn't have to shut their shops. I only laugh. I I don't laugh at the I feels so bad for the retailers. I only laugh because honestly, you couldn't make this stuff up. It's like you know, you do realize in 50 years' time our children are gonna look back at this and go, why'd you do that? Like we look back at the carless days and go, that was mental. They're gonna look back at this and go, that was mental. So what happened is the Mac store in the Rotorua opened at 10 a.m. on Sunday, as they do. And about 30 minutes later in walks the Rotarua Lakes Council's safe city guardians, and they say you need to shut the shop. And she says, No, I don't need to shut the shop. No, the law made it okay, and we've been open every single Easter since the law made it okay for the last five years, and they said, No, have a look at the council's website, you need to shut the shop. And so, and if you don't shut the shop, by the way, they counted, you could be fined a thousand dollars. Now, nobody in this time with retail margins being squeezed in the difficulty getting people to spend money, wants to be fined a thousand dollars. So she calls up the Max head office, and Max Head Office says, no, don't take the risk, mate, just shut the shop. So they shut the shop and they lost a lot of money because it was a very, very busy day that day in the Rotrua. Same thing happened to Toy World. But Toy World was a little bit onto it and run by a blokes are probably prepared to take a risk. You know, blokes, uh they like to take a risk, like to live on the edge. He goes, nah, I'm not gonna shut the shop. And he didn't shut the shop, and he proved to be right. And the Rotarua Lakes Council people are going, oh, it was the Guardians, they had the wrong information. Well, you know what, Boho, you should have been on top of that. What was going on with your website? Why weren't you telling your people not to shut down shop? Anyway, anyway, you know how I feel about stupid rules. This is yet another example of why we don't need to have complicated and stupid rules. I would say it's quite so maybe Kieran, because Kieran seems to be a problem solver for us nowadays. Kieran fixed up the booze laws on Easter Friday, good Friday at Easter Sunday. And you could go into the pub and you didn't have to order chips and burger. You could just have a beer, like a grown-up. And maybe when Kieran is finished, like sort of celebrating that personal victory as he should, he can fix up this situation, because this is dumb as well, isn't it? Yes, it is. All right, let's talk about AI job interviews next. News talk ZB.
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failed for applicants, unfair and flawed

Daily review 21/05/2026
21 May
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