A Career Interview Dialogue System using Large Language Model-based Dynamic Slot Generation

Ekai Hashimoto, Mikio Nakano, Takayoshi Sakurai, Shun Shiramatsu, Toshitake Komazaki, Shiho Tsuchiya


Abstract
This study aims to improve the efficiency and quality of career interviews conducted by nursing managers. To this end, we have been developing a slot-filling dialogue system that engages in pre-interview to collect information on staff careers as a preparatory step before the actual interviews. Conventional slot-filling-based interview dialogue systems have limitations in the flexibility of information collection because the dialogue progresses based on predefined slot sets. We therefore propose a method that leverages large language models (LLMs) to dynamically generate new slots according to the flow of the dialogue, achieving more natural conversations. Furthermore, we incorporate abduction into the slot generation process to enable more appropriate and effective slot generation. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, we conducted experiments using a user simulator. The results suggest that the proposed method using abduction is effective in enhancing both information-collecting capabilities and the naturalness of the dialogue.
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2025.coling-main.106
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Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics
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January
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2025
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Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Owen Rambow, Leo Wanner, Marianna Apidianaki, Hend Al-Khalifa, Barbara Di Eugenio, Steven Schockaert
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1562–1584
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Ekai Hashimoto, Mikio Nakano, Takayoshi Sakurai, Shun Shiramatsu, Toshitake Komazaki, and Shiho Tsuchiya. 2025. A Career Interview Dialogue System using Large Language Model-based Dynamic Slot Generation. In Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics, pages 1562–1584, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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