You know that strange moment when you're sure you're talking to a machine… but something about it feels too real? Like maybe it's a person pretending to be a bot pretending to be a person?

Yeah. That happened.

Last week, I did something unexpected

I applied for a job through our own hiring system, just to see what it really feels like to be interviewed by our AI voice agent, Agent Vox.

Was I expecting much? Not really. I assumed it would feel mechanical, maybe overly scripted. But what happened next genuinely surprised me!

Let me take you inside the experience 👇

Not Just Scheduled, Perfectly Timed and Surprisingly Human

The next morning, I got the interview email asking me to pick a time. Without thinking too much about it, I gave a random, oddly specific time.

At 9:57 AM on the dot, my phone rang. No lag. No awkward pauses. No “technical difficulties.” Just ring right on cue.

And then came the voice. Upbeat, confident, natural, and super energetic. No clunky transitions or robotic tone. It actually caught me off guard how smooth it sounded.

For a split second, I almost said, “Oh hey!” like I was talking to a real recruiter.

Not a Script. A Conversation.

After the cheerful intro, Ronil (aka Agent Vox) asked three questions, each one more thought-provoking than the last.

• The first one warmed me up.

• The second one made me think.

• The third? It challenged me like a real-world scenario would.

But here’s what got me the most: After each answer, Ronil summarized what I said back to me. Almost word for word.

“Did I get that right? You said…”

That moment of double-checking? It felt oddly human.

Let’s face it, nerves can make us rush or stumble over words. That’s why it was genuinely reassuring to see my words captured and recapped with such accuracy.

It ended just as smoothly as it began, with the same steady energy.

“The interview is over. Thank you for the call. You can now disconnect.”

No awkwardness. No “uhh, is it done?” Just clarity.

So… Who’s Agent Vox, Really?

Agent Vox is the voice of BotFriday AI, a fully autonomous telephonic interview agent designed to scale the hiring process.

It didn’t just schedule the interview. It led it. Asked smart questions, listened closely, responded naturally and all the while, it was quietly evaluating me in real time.

Every answer was being scored against role-fit criteria. No human involvement. No bias.

I wasn’t just going through an interview. I was part of a live, AI-led assessment, one that was already complete by the time the call ended.

How was that score calculated? What did the feedback look like? And most importantly… was it accurate?

I'll break it all down in the next blog.