2026 Study: How teams stop AI interview cheating without hurting candidate experience

2026 Study: Stop AI fraud in interviews

2026 Study: How teams stop AI interview cheating without hurting candidate experience

LIVE INTERVIEW FRAUD DETECTION

Know who joined.
Know whose answers
you are hearing.

Sherlock helps Talent, Compliance, Risk, and Security teams detect fraud in video interviews, from hidden answer assistance to identity fraud, with evidence your team can review, trust, and act on.

Identity fraud Misrepresentation fraud Reviewer-ready evidence Live & post-interview workflows
Illustrative Sherlock live interview proctoring interface showing candidate video and a real-time activity feed Listening
↪Candidate entered the Interview11:28
⊘Unauthorized AI usage detected11:32
↔Candidate left the interview window11:32
↗Candidate switched to another tab11:29
↪Candidate entered the Interview11:28
Watching candidate activity in real time
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LIVE ANALYSIS

See suspicious signals while the interview is still happening.

Sherlock evaluates the session in context and turns scattered activity into a small number of reviewable moments. No single signal decides the outcome.

Sherlock · INTERVIEW SESSION Listening
Candidate in a live video interviewMichael L · Candidate
Candidate activityReal-time integrity signals
Unauthorized AI usage detected12:21:27 · High-confidence signal
Candidate left interview window12:21:16 · Context captured
Tab switch or secondary display detected12:20:45 · Context captured
Identity remains consistentContinuous participant verification
Candidate entered the interview12:20:12 · Session initialized
Watching candidate activity in real time
WHAT SHERLOCK CHECKS

Four live signals. One evidence trail.

Sherlock combines multiple indicators and preserves the moments that matter, so reviewers can inspect the evidence rather than trust a score.

AI assistance

Hidden answer generation

Surface patterns consistent with off-screen copilots, teleprompters, and externally generated answers while the interview is running.

Evidence attached for review
Response integrity

Scripted reading

Review repeated gaze, timing, and delivery patterns in context instead of treating one glance or pause as proof.

Evidence attached for review
Identity

Proxy candidates

Track identity consistency across the session and flag evidence that the participant may not be the expected candidate.

Evidence attached for review
Media authenticity

Deepfakes

Detect visual and audio inconsistencies that can indicate synthetic, reenacted, or manipulated interview media.

Evidence attached for review
DEEPFAKE DETECTION

Detect synthetic identity signals in real time.

Sherlock examines the live video and audio stream for inconsistencies that can indicate facial reenactment, manipulated media, or cloned voice.

  • Facial boundary and texture anomalies
  • Audio-video timing inconsistencies
  • Participant identity continuity
Human-reviewed evidence A flag is a reason to inspect the session—not an automatic accusation.
Sherlock · IDENTITY ANALYSIS Realtime
Sherlock deepfake detection interface with facial analysis and evidence
Realtime active
Real-time Alert Log
FaceHIGH13:42:33Face Anomalies
FaceHIGH13:42:30Face Anomalies
FaceHIGH13:42:27Face Anomalies
FaceHIGH13:42:24Face Anomalies
FaceHIGH13:42:21Face Anomalies
Feedback Analyzing
Sherlock · ASSISTANCE ANALYSIS Live
Sherlock detecting covert AI assistance during a live interview
COVERT AI ASSISTANCE

Uncover the tools interviewers cannot see.

Detect signals consistent with AI copilots, teleprompters, audio relays, and hidden desktop assistance without asking interviewers to play detective.

  • Hidden AI and background-process signals
  • Off-screen answer reference patterns
  • Covert audio and display assistance
Context over shortcuts Sherlock looks across the response instead of treating one glance as proof.
INSIDE THE SIGNAL LAYER

Evidence a reviewer can understand.

Every flag should answer three questions: what happened, when it happened, and why it requires attention.

01

Timestamped moments

Jump directly to the relevant part of the session.

02

Multimodal context

Review video, audio, identity, and behavior together.

03

Clear explanation

Understand the signal without decoding a black-box score.

04

Human decision

Keep hiring policy and final judgment with your team.

LIVE INTERVIEW REVIEW3 moments to inspect
Review statusNeeds human review
74/100
12:14 Off-screen answer reference24:08 AI-assistance signal31:42 Identity continuity review
FROM INTERVIEW TO DECISION

A simple workflow for a complicated problem.

Sherlock adds an evidence layer to the live interview process without replacing the people responsible for the decision.

01
OBSERVE

Interview

Sherlock joins the live interview workflow and observes the session in context.

02
ANALYZE

Signals

Identity, behavior, video, and audio signals are evaluated together as the interview unfolds.

03
EXPLAIN

Evidence

Relevant moments and signal context are attached to the session for authorized reviewers.

04
DECIDE

Human review

Your team clears, re-verifies, holds, or escalates according to its own hiring policy.

SECURITY & PRIVACY

Candidate data deserves enterprise-grade care.

Sherlock is designed for sensitive hiring workflows, with controlled access, inspectable evidence, and security practices built for enterprise review.

Protected data transport Authorized reviewer access Customer-aligned controls
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FAQ

Questions serious teams ask before rollout.

Clear answers for Talent, Compliance, Risk, and Security teams evaluating live interview fraud detection.

No. Sherlock is a decision-support system. It surfaces signals and the relevant evidence for an authorized human reviewer; your team remains responsible for the hiring decision.

Sherlock evaluates patterns across time and across modalities. A single glance, pause, or behavior is not treated as proof. When the evidence is incomplete, the result is routed for review rather than forced into a verdict.

Uncertainty is made explicit. Reviewers can see the moments that influenced the result and decide whether to clear the session, request re-verification, or investigate further.

Sherlock analyzes participant consistency and media-authenticity signals throughout the live session. It can flag evidence consistent with proxy participation, synthetic facial reenactment, manipulated video, or cloned audio for human review.

The workflow is designed to stay in the background. Interviewers continue their conversation while Sherlock records integrity signals and prepares reviewer-ready evidence.

Start with a controlled pilot using sessions where your team already knows the outcome. Compare known-good and known-bad cases, inspect the evidence, and agree on review and escalation policy before broader rollout.

LIVE ANALYSIS

Stop guessing whether the interview was real.

Pilot Sherlock on live interviews and inspect the evidence with your own hiring, compliance, and security teams.

Google Meet · Zoom · Microsoft Teams · Human-reviewed evidence