This observational note examines a structural risk in AI-mediated hiring: the possibility that candidate evaluation may shift from assessing practical capability, judgment, and workplace adaptability to measuring conformity with an evaluation template. This phenomenon is defined here as Template Evaluation Substitution (TES). TES is positioned as a hiring-specific extension of the Stability Substitution Effect (SSE), in which stable outputs, explanations, or evaluations come to substitute for correctness or structural understanding. In the context of AI interviews, stable responses, consistent tone, appropriate facial expression, and template-aligned self-presentation may appear as evidence of candidate quality, even when they primarily indicate adaptation to the evaluation system. The paper further discusses how AI interviews, when placed as a mandatory gate before human contact, may affect applicant dignity, corporate responsibility, and trust. It does not argue that AI interviews are inherently inappropriate; rather, it distinguishes between AI interviews as optional applicant support and AI interviews as compulsory pre-contact filtering. The central claim is that efficiency in hiring should not be evaluated only from the employer’s perspective, because the first interface of recruitment also shapes how applicants evaluate the company.