AI Interview Cheating Detector Vs Screen Recording.
Screen recording sounds obvious, but it misses exactly the tools modern candidates use: hidden overlays, browser AI outside the shared area, local LLMs, remote helpers, second screens, and paste-in answers. A detector should prove what happened, not just store a video nobody has time to watch.
Screen recording is a record. Detection is evidence.
Often no. Some overlays are designed to stay out of capture.
Detects capture-excluded and suspicious overlay windows.
Only if visible in the recording.
Uses process, browser title, network, focus, and timing signals.
Usually requires watching long recordings manually.
Summarizes timestamped signals in an integrity report.
High. It may capture private messages, code, screens, or personal data.
Metadata-first: no screen, audio, video, or keystroke content recording.
Screen-share-excluded overlays
The candidate can see the answer, but the meeting or recorder cannot. Detection needs window metadata.
Second monitor or second device
A recording of one screen does not prove what happened on another display or phone.
Remote helper workflows
Someone else may control the machine or feed answers. Look for remote-access tools, injected input, and timing.
Browser AI outside view
AI sidebars, tabs, and local apps may sit outside the captured area or appear only briefly.
Paste-in answers
A recording may show text appearing, but metadata can show paste size, source class, and nearby AI signals.
Review fatigue
Hiring teams rarely have time to watch full recordings for every interview.
Use screen recording when
Your process legally requires a replay of a formal assessment, and candidates have clearly consented to broad capture.
Use InterviewWatch when
You need to catch AI assistance, hidden overlays, remote help, and paste patterns during live interviews without recording the candidate's screen.
Catch the tools a recording can miss.
InterviewWatch turns machine-level signals into a human-reviewable integrity report.
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