5 ms·
I work in assessment industry and taking candidate snapshots or recording their actions during the assessment, with the candidate's permission, is a very common
by raviojha 10y ago
I work in assessment industry and taking candidate snapshots or recording their actions during the assessment, with the candidate's permission, is a very common practice. Platforms like HackerRank, HackerEarth, Codility, etc, all do that.
The problem is, companies were initially comfortable with no such feature to record candidate actions (snapshots/videos), candidates however started cheating in dozens of ways and eventually get rejected when they are shortlisted for the first F2F interview after initial screening. Some candidates can't even explain how they scored well in screening test.
Due to that, companies became insecure and are now asking for features for proctoring the assessment. Things are never one-sided.
- crooked-v 10y agoThere are plenty of ways to verify for identity and skill level that don't come with the automatic implication of dishonesty. For example, even exactly the same test could be done using a testing center... such as those physical testing locations administered by PAN, one of which I visited once upon a time as part of a job application in a different field.
- ajeet_dhaliwal 10y agoA few cheaters got to the face to face stage and were found out and rejected, so now everyone who applies (the majority likely decent and honest people) must be monitored and recorded?