Are we still ignoring cheating candidates?
Not sure how companies are combatting this. Platforms like Hackerrank do a decent job at cheat detection, but there are still gaps like using secondary devices.
Are companies generally okay with this cheating matter, and simply choose to handle the problem in later stages (e.g. onsites)?
lol you worry about ‘cheating’ only because you play games with prospective workers.
your best local candidates are not applying because they won’t indulge it tbh
your error is not tactical, it’s strategic, you have lost the plot
I just recently hired a guy who did excellent job on the interview, easily answering every question. Interview was over video so there was no way he could cheat. Then he ended up utterly incapable when working and had to be fired, frustrating everyone. I still have no idea what happened there. Maybe it's cheating is now on a higher level (someone else passing the interview using an elaborate face/voice replacement AI crap?)
Video interviews are trivial to game.
Ask the interviewer to call you on mobile phone and ensure they are not on speaker phone. I’ve had several candidates simply hang up and never call back - pretty funny (and sad too)
Please explain?
get on Teams for an interview, start with introductions, things are going well. Ask first technical question the candidate is obviously looking slightly up reading answers from a monitor which is above the main laptop/monitor connected to Teams. I’ve the same where candidate is looking slightly to left or right, wherever the 2nd computer / monitor is from where answers are being read.
Ask them to call me on my cell, basically to eliminate anything hearing and questions and feeding answers. Had one candidate call and put me on a speaker. Had 6 never calling back :)
Seems like a good counter to secondary devices!