I got the rejection email on a Tuesday. I've been rejected before — everyone has. This one broke something. "While your technical skills are strong, we felt your reliance on AI tools during the assessment didn't reflect the independent problem-solving we're looking for." Rejected. For using AI. By a man who — forty minutes earlier, on the same video call — had quietly done the exact same thing right in front of me. Let me tell you how I know. It was a normal live-co...