What we monitor during a proctored assessment — and why
If you’ve been sent a link to an online assessment or coding round that asks for camera or screen access, this page explains exactly what that involves before you start. Read this alongside our Candidate Privacy Notice, which covers the legal detail.
Does my video get recorded or uploaded?
No continuous video recording ever leaves your device. The analysis of your webcam feed — checking that a face is present, roughly where you’re looking, and whether a phone is visible in frame — runs entirely in your own browser, on your own device. We never see your live video.
What we do receive is a periodic snapshot (roughly every 30 seconds) of your camera and screen, plus short text “flags” produced by that on-device analysis — not the video itself.
What exactly are you checking for?
Four things, all evaluated on your own device:
- Whether a face is visible on camera
- Whether more than one person appears to be in frame
- Roughly where you’re looking — sustained looking away from the screen, not a brief glance
- Whether a phone is visible in the camera frame
We do not attempt to identify who you are, read your facial expressions, or infer anything about your personality or emotional state from your camera. These checks are about whether someone appears to be present and attentive — nothing more.
We also log a few browser-level integrity events — leaving fullscreen, switching tabs, copy/paste attempts — and, for take-home writing exercises, when a large chunk of your drafted answer disappears between autosaves. These are the same category of signal used across the industry; we log them for the same reason everyone does, to give your reviewer context, not to catch you out.
Will a flag get me automatically rejected?
No. Every signal above is advisory only. Nothing on this platform automatically rejects, disqualifies, or downgrades a candidate based on a proctoring flag — a human on our hiring team always reviews what was flagged, alongside the actual snapshot evidence, before making any decision. A blank camera frame, a bad angle, or a momentary glance away is common and is not, by itself, treated as a violation.
We deliberately wait for a signal to be sustained before flagging it at all — a single frame where your face is briefly out of view does not raise a flag. This is meant to keep the flags you do see meaningful, rather than noisy.
What if the check says something’s wrong before I even start?
The microphone and connection checks you may see before starting are informational only — neither one can block you from starting the assessment. Your microphone access is released the moment that check completes; nothing is recorded during it.
Can I see what was flagged?
During the assessment itself, you’ll see a live on-screen notice any time something is flagged, so you always know in the moment what’s being noted — nothing happens silently in the background.
Questions?
Contact us at dpo@cargofl.com if you have questions about monitoring during your assessment, or see our Trust & Security page for how we handle data more broadly.