How to read them
An anomaly is a reason to look, not proof of anything.
People switch tabs to check a message, look away to think and lose their camera to a bad connection. The signals point a reviewer to a moment; the reviewer decides what it means.
- Signals never reject a candidate and never change a score.
- Analysis runs in the candidate's browser. Only the event type, its time and small numbers such as a duration or a face count are sent, never what is on the screen.
- No biometrics: no face matching, no identity checks, no emotion or attention scoring. The face check only counts faces and checks roughly where the face is.
- Short blips are ignored. Each face signal needs the condition to last several seconds.
- Nothing is watched unless it is turned on, and the candidate is told what is recorded before they start.
- One rule acts on its own if you choose it: an assessment can submit itself after a set number of tab switches. The candidate sees the limit before starting.
Online assessments
During an online test.
The result page shows a count of each signal, a timeline with the time of every event and the photos. Each signal below is recorded only if the assessment's settings turn it on.
- 2Tab Switches
- 41 sTime Away
- 1Full-Screen Exits
- 0Copy or Paste
- 0Face Alerts
- 6Photos
- 10:04Switched away from the tab
- 10:05Came back to the tab (29 s)
- 10:05Warned about switching away
- 22:31Switched to another window (12 s)
- 22:47Left full screen
A browser can't see a phone, a second computer or screenshots. Treat these counts as evidence to review, not proof.
SignalWhat It RecordsWhat It Can't Tell You
Tab SwitchThe test tab was hidden, or another window had focus for more than 3 seconds, with how long they were away.Limit: Why they left. A notification, a password prompt and a search look the same.
Full-Screen ExitThe candidate left full screen when the test requires it. The test is covered until they return.Limit: Esc always leaves full screen, so a single exit is often an accident.
Copy, Cut or PasteAn attempt to copy, cut or paste while those are turned off. The action itself is blocked.Limit: What they meant to copy. Nothing from the clipboard is read.
Blocked ActionA right-click, or a shortcut that opens developer tools.Limit: Intent. Some people press shortcuts out of habit.
Face AlertNo face, or more than one face, in the camera's view for several seconds.Limit: Who else is in the room outside the frame. Low light and camera angle cause false alerts.
Camera OffThe camera stopped sending a picture, and when it came back.Limit: Whether it was turned off or the device or connection failed.
PhotosStill photos at random moments, with the number of faces seen when the face check is on.Limit: What happened between photos. No audio or video is recorded.
- Time Away
- 14 s
- Face Alerts
- 1
- Screen Share
- 0
- 06:12Switched to another tab
- 06:26Back on the interview tab after 14 s
- 11:40Pasted 412 characters into the editor
- 19:032 faces in view
Select a time to play the recording from that moment.
Video interviews
During a recorded interview.
An interview can have full proctoring, which adds the face check, timed photos and a required screen share, or tab monitoring only. The candidate agrees to it before joining. The host sees alerts live; after the call, every signal has a time that plays the recording from that moment.
SignalWhat It RecordsWhat It Can't Tell You
No FaceNo face in view for 5 seconds, then when the face came back and after how long.Limit: Where they went. Glasses, low light and unusual angles can hide a face that is there.
Several FacesTwo or more faces in view for 3 seconds, with the count.Limit: Whether the other person helped. A family member walking past looks the same.
Looking AwayThe face stayed outside the middle of the frame for 8 seconds.Limit: What they looked at. People look away to think, or at a second screen they were asked to use.
Camera OffNo picture from the camera for 10 seconds.Limit: Whether it was deliberate or a device or connection problem.
Tab or WindowThe interview tab was hidden, or another window had focus for more than 3 seconds, with how long.Limit: What was in the other tab or window.
Large PasteMore than 200 characters pasted into the shared code editor, with the length.Limit: Where the text came from. Only the length is recorded, never the content.
Screen ShareWhen sharing started or stopped, and whether a window or tab was shared instead of the whole screen.Limit: Some browsers can't confirm it's the whole screen; the timeline says so when that happens.
Checks UnavailableThe face check couldn't run on the candidate's device. Monitoring stops; the interview carries on.Limit: Anything after that point. It is recorded so the gap is visible.
Who can see them, and for how long.
Signals belong to the company that ran the assessment or interview. Every request for them is checked on the server against the person's company and permissions.
- Assessment Signals
- People in your company whose role gives them access to that assessment's results. Interviewers see only the assessments they created.
- Interview Signals
- The host, live during the call. Afterwards, people with review permission and the interviewers who took part.
- Photos
- Kept in private storage and shown through links that expire within minutes.
- Retention
- Your company admin sets how long photos are kept, from 7 to 180 days, then they are deleted. Recordings, transcripts and reports have their own periods.
- The Candidate
- Doesn't see the signals or the photos. A candidate can ask the company to delete their interview data, and an authorised person can remove it.