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I've got a server in my basement running VMware Workstation. That's how id approach it.

by cmdrfred 10y ago

leni536 10y ago
I'm sure your VM doesn't have a webcam though. How do you prove that you are not cheating like this?
- cmdrfred 10y ago
  You can pass a USB device to the Hypervisor with nomachine then pass it to the VM with VMware.
  - maverick_iceman 10y ago
    You're gonna do all that work just so that you can take an hour long interview for an Amazon internship?
    - sigjuice 10y ago
      What work? It is just a VMWare knob.
    - deleted 10y ago
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- Shivetya 10y ago
  just what are you to do if you don't have a webcam? go buy one?
  - amlozano 10y ago
    Yup. You can get a camera that is good enough with a built in mic for like $20 these days.
cwmoo740 10y ago
They won't let you continue if their software detects a virtualized system. Source: I used ProctorU for remote exams with Georgia Tech. I feel in that case, it was acceptable. Students were encouraged to get a cheap "burner" windows machine and use it only for the proctored tests, and we were warned in advance of all the restrictions.
- FussyZeus 10y ago
  Oh yeah that's standard procedure for an interview, "I got an interview this afternoon, better build a new machine"
  - cwmoo740 10y ago
    Yeah as a student they gave us about a month warning.
    - spiffyman 10y ago
      Seriously? Was this a professional program or something? Maybe I was a particularly poor undergrad, but I can't imagine being able to afford a separate computer, even a shitty one, with a month's morning. Nor could I justify the expense -- "oh that's just my test-taking computer."
      - cwmoo740 10y ago
        It didn't have to run any real software except a browser and maybe a PDF reader. Also, yeah it was a remote grad program, so it was a bit of an experiment with how you do testing remotely at scale. I think they were trying to reach a fair compromise that didn't involve rewriting course content to include more open exams.
        FussyZeus 10y ago
        If you could use a virtualbox I would be totally ok with this, the fact that they exclude exactly that makes it 10 fold shittier.

I've got a server in my basement running VMware Workstation. That's how id approach it.

leni536 10y ago

I'm sure your VM doesn't have a webcam though. How do you prove that you are not cheating like this?

cmdrfred 10y ago
You can pass a USB device to the Hypervisor with nomachine then pass it to the VM with VMware.
- maverick_iceman 10y ago
  You're gonna do all that work just so that you can take an hour long interview for an Amazon internship?
  - sigjuice 10y ago
    What work? It is just a VMWare knob.
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
Shivetya 10y ago
just what are you to do if you don't have a webcam? go buy one?
- amlozano 10y ago
  Yup. You can get a camera that is good enough with a built in mic for like $20 these days.

cwmoo740 10y ago

They won't let you continue if their software detects a virtualized system. Source: I used ProctorU for remote exams with Georgia Tech. I feel in that case, it was acceptable. Students were encouraged to get a cheap "burner" windows machine and use it only for the proctored tests, and we were warned in advance of all the restrictions.

FussyZeus 10y ago
Oh yeah that's standard procedure for an interview, "I got an interview this afternoon, better build a new machine"
- cwmoo740 10y ago
  Yeah as a student they gave us about a month warning.
  - spiffyman 10y ago
    Seriously? Was this a professional program or something? Maybe I was a particularly poor undergrad, but I can't imagine being able to afford a separate computer, even a shitty one, with a month's morning. Nor could I justify the expense -- "oh that's just my test-taking computer."
    - cwmoo740 10y ago
      It didn't have to run any real software except a browser and maybe a PDF reader. Also, yeah it was a remote grad program, so it was a bit of an experiment with how you do testing remotely at scale. I think they were trying to reach a fair compromise that didn't involve rewriting course content to include more open exams.
      - FussyZeus 10y ago
        If you could use a virtualbox I would be totally ok with this, the fact that they exclude exactly that makes it 10 fold shittier.