For some workers, that’s an easy one. They’ve been using ChatGPT, Claude, or other AI tools to write, code, summarize documents, brainstorm ideas, or speed up otherwise tedious tasks.
For others, it’s a more difficult question to answer — especially if they’re not particularly enthusiastic about AI in the first place.
That’s what Business Insider found when it spoke with a handful of college students who said they’ve felt pressure to sound more excited about AI than they actually are. One laid-off software developer put it bluntly: “I have to make up something about what excites me about AI because, frankly, nothing really excites me about AI.”
AI is becoming an increasingly common topic in job interviews
Employers are using AI themselves, including in the hiring process, and they want to know whether the people they hire can use it, too.
LinkedIn’s 2026 research found that 93% of recruiters planned to increase their use of AI during the year, while 66% planned to increase their use of AI for pre-screening interviews. Job seekers are getting in on it, too: 81% of people said they had or planned to use AI in their own job searches.
So if an interviewer asks about AI, the question may be as simple as, “how would you use these tools in this job?”
You don’t have to make your AI experience sound bigger than it is. Think about the things you actually do. Maybe you’ve used AI to get a rough draft started, summarize a long document, come up with ideas, or deal with some mundane task.
How to answer AI questions in an interview without faking it
You don’t have to pretend you’re excited about AI if you’re not — but you probably don’t want to come across as completely unwilling to use it, either.
There’s a fairly easy way to get some real experience before the interview. Joel Ramirez, a career coach and former corporate recruiter, told Moneywise that even a little hands-on practice can give job hunters real experience to talk about.
“Even an hour or two playing around with a free ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini account will give you a more substantive understanding of AI,” he says. He recommends using AI to solve a problem in your own life and turning that experience into a case study you can discuss during an interview.
