A Nigerian dietician has been struck off the UK register after using ChatGPT to give “textbook” answers during a remote NHS job interview while she was in Nigeria.
Aiwanehi Aigbokhaevbo, based in Nigeria at the time, was caught using AI to provide real-time answers in an effort to impress interviewers during a video call for a job at an NHS hospital.
The registered dietician kept asking the panel to repeat questions, before “slowly and deliberately” repeating each question back herself—an apparent tactic to buy time until she had “model” answers, a tribunal heard. Despite her considerable hesitation before answering, the Nigeria-based candidate managed to speak “very eloquently,” raising suspicions.
One panel member later fed the interview questions into ChatGPT and noted significant similarities to the answers she had provided.
The tribunal heard that AI misuse had been a particular problem among Nigerian candidates applying for NHS jobs.
Three different panel members suggested she was cheating—both while answering questions during the interview and while completing a subsequent case study.
Miss Aigbokhaevbo has now been struck off following a hearing at the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS).
The tribunal heard she had applied for an oncology dietician role at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in March 2024. The interview took place over Microsoft Teams because she was in Nigeria at the time.
She answered personal questions with “great enthusiasm and spontaneity,” the panel noted. But when asked clinical questions, she repeatedly hesitated and asked for questions to be repeated.
At the tribunal, Miss Aigbokhaevbo denied using AI, calling it a “great offence.” She said this was her 17th interview after applying for around 200 jobs. Repeating questions back, she claimed, was a “reflex” to ensure understanding, not hesitancy. She blamed any glances away on checking her Wi-Fi router due to connectivity issues.
The tribunal rejected her explanations, concluding she had used AI dishonestly. The panel noted she showed “no remorse or apology,” and that her lies were compounded by trying to cast doubt on the integrity of HCPC witnesses.
