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What interview integrity software does
Interview integrity software checks that the candidate you are assessing is doing the interview themselves, without AI answer tools, a hidden helper or someone else at the keyboard. It gives the hiring team evidence to review, so a doubt about a candidate becomes a decision based on facts.
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The approaches compared
| Approach | Good for | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| In-person rounds | Final rounds where the candidate can travel. | Slow and costly; not possible when a staffing firm’s client never meets the candidate. |
| Proctoring and lockdown browsers | Timed tests and assessments. | Built for tests, not a conversation on a video call. |
| Checks inside AI interview platforms | Screening rounds run by an AI interviewer on that platform. | Only cover interviews held on that platform. |
| Live-interview monitoring | Interviews run by people on the video tools you already use. | The candidate runs a small program, so it needs their consent. |
Polar is live-interview monitoring: it works alongside interviews on any video call app, including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex, and interviewers install nothing.
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Questions to ask any vendor
- Which video tools does it work with, and does it change how we run interviews?
- What does the candidate have to install, and does it need administrator rights?
- What exactly is collected? Is the screen, keyboard or full call recorded?
- How is consent shown to the candidate, and is it recorded?
- Where is the data stored, for how long, and can we change that?
- Does it decide for us, or show evidence for a person to review?
- What happens when it flags something innocent?
- Is there a report we can share with our own clients?
- Can we see a security review and sign a data processing agreement?
- How is it priced: per interview, per seat or per year?
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How Polar answers them
| Question | Polar |
|---|---|
| Video tools | Any video call app: Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex and others. |
| Candidate setup | Runs from a private link with no installation and no administrator rights, and removes itself afterwards. |
| What is collected | Never the screen, keystrokes, files or browsing history. Full call audio is never stored. |
| Consent | Shown before anything starts, in English or Hindi, and recorded. |
| Decisions | Findings with evidence for your team to review. Polar never ranks candidates. |
| Reports | A report for every candidate, as a PDF or an expiring link. |
| Security review | See security and compliance; a DPA on request. |
| Pricing | Per interview, with contracts for volume. |
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Questions
- What is interview integrity software?
- Software that checks a candidate is doing an interview themselves, without AI answer tools, a hidden helper or remote control, and gives the hiring team evidence to review.
- Is interview integrity software the same as proctoring?
- No. Proctoring is built for timed tests. Interview integrity software for live interviews works alongside a conversation on a video call.
- Does Polar work with our video call app?
- Yes. Polar works alongside any video call app, including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex, so your team keeps interviewing the way it does today.
- Who buys interview integrity software?
- Staffing and RPO firms, companies hiring remote engineers at volume, and assessment and interview platforms that want integrity checks in their own product.