Research programme of Elite Careers StrategyAI and candidate-owned performance
AI in graduate recruitment: what 8 selective employers permit and protect
All eight institutions in the reviewed AI-policy subset publish an explicit boundary or control around candidate or employer AI use in recruitment. Seven of the eight explicitly protect at least one assessment or interview context through an AI restriction or candidate-owned-performance requirement; BCG is not included in that stage-specific numerator because the reviewed guidance does not establish a blanket live-assessment prohibition.
Limit: Do not generalise 8/8, or the stage-specific 7/8 result, to all selective employers. The seven protected-stage policies must not be reported as seven blanket AI bans. Published rules do not establish actual enforcement or hiring effects.