If they're not asking more pointed questions about your tech as it is today, that suggests that you have very junior people in your hiring pipeline.

[edit] Or at least those are the only people that make it to the stage of talking with the hiring manager.

They aren’t asking pointedly.

But that’s a good idea. Next time the question comes up I’m going to try flipping it around to ask how they think our industry will be affected by AI since you’re right, it does feel like a hollow question.

> 90% of candidates (regardless of IC vs. manager, regardless of seniority) loves to ask what the company’s AI strategy is, or “how will AI impact your business in the next 5 years?”

It may be possible that they just want to sound as if they are "aware" of the latest trends, especially considering how often companies talk about it.

It’s possible at least some of those people enquiring about the AI strategy are looking to find out if a company is about to ruin itself with bad decisions around AI. And some others are probably saying what they think people want to hear.

And yes, of course some are caught up in the hype; that’s the nature of these hype bubbles.