Identity Verification in Hiring: A Step by Step Overview Identity verification in hiring is the process of confirming that a candidate is actually who they claim to be, distinct from a background check, which confirms facts about a person’s history rather than the person’s identity itself. It matters more than it used to because remote […]
AI based test monitoring uses machine learning models, rather than a person watching a video feed, to flag suspicious behavior during an online assessment in real time. It exists because the volume and sophistication of cheating attempts has outpaced what human reviewers can realistically catch on their own. Recent research puts the scale of the […]
Online exam monitoring is the set of methods a hiring team uses to make sure a candidate’s assessment result reflects that candidate’s own, unaided work. Unlike academic testing, where the stakes are a grade, a hiring assessment result feeds directly into a decision to extend an offer, so the cost of an unmonitored, unreliable result […]
Remote proctoring is the practice of supervising a test or assessment taken outside a physical exam room, using a combination of webcam monitoring, screen recording, and identity checks to recreate the oversight an in person invigilator would normally provide. It exists because online assessments removed the one thing that used to make cheating hard: someone […]
Employment fraud is any deliberate deception connected to the employment relationship, committed either by someone trying to get hired under false pretenses, or by an existing employee misusing their position for personal gain. It is a broader category than hiring fraud alone, hiring fraud (impersonation, resume fabrication, proxy interviewing) is really the pre hire subset […]
What Remote Hiring Fraud Is Remote hiring fraud is the exploitation of distance and reduced in person verification, common to fully remote recruiting, to place someone other than the interviewed candidate into a role. It ranges from proxy interviewing to nation state schemes, and it has escalated from an edge case to a formally recognized […]
Recruitment Fraud Overview Recruitment fraud most often describes the reverse of candidate side deception: scammers impersonating a real company or recruiter to defraud job seekers, through fake job postings, phishing interviews, and requests for money or personal information under the guise of an offer. It is a distinct problem from resume or application fraud, but […]
What a Fake Candidate Profile Is A fake candidate profile is an applicant identity, resume, work history, or even face and voice, that has been fabricated or substantially altered, often with the help of generative AI, to get through a hiring process the real person could not pass on their own merit. It is a […]
Application Fraud Overview Application fraud covers the deceptive tactics used to get a fraudulent application through the door in the first place: fake identities, scripted or bot assisted answers, mismatched contact details, and applications submitted on behalf of someone other than the actual candidate. It sits earlier in the funnel than resume or interview fraud. […]
Resume fraud is the deliberate misrepresentation of a candidate’s qualifications, work history, education, or skills on a job application. It ranges from minor exaggeration, rounding up a job title or stretching a tenure by a few months, to outright fabrication of degrees, employers, and certifications that never existed. What used to be an occasional embellishment […]
Candidate cheating covers any attempt by an applicant to gain an unfair advantage during an interview or assessment, from a quiet second monitor with answers open to a full proxy test taker completing the exercise on someone else’s behalf. It is not a new problem, but the tools available to candidates who want to cheat […]
AI proctoring is technology that monitors a candidate during a remote assessment or interview, using video, audio, and browser activity analysis, to confirm the person taking the test is who they claim to be and that they are completing it honestly, without a human proctor needing to watch the session live. It has moved from […]
