Anti-Cheating
Reduce the risk of cheating without lowering engagement
Our considered approach to anti-cheating means you’ll trust the results without having to view every assessment and candidates will remain engaged in the process.
Our Approach
Anti-cheating that serves hirers and candidates
When we looked at anti-cheating methods for Vervoe we had to holistically consider the impact of some features on a candidate’s ability to unbiasedly complete the assessment. Is authenticity more important than experience? Would losing great candidates due to privacy concerns be an outcome our customers were willing to accept?
We decided to take a considered position, rather than just developing a list of features, we aimed to find a balance that would complement our product.
Randomization
Weed out the cheaters
Randomization is available to all customers across all assessments. In its simplest form it allows you to mix up the questions in an assessment so each candidate receives a slightly different set of questions. This minimizes the risk that information will be shared about the content between candidates. Randomization can be on a question or skill level, and some question types like multiple choice even allow randomization within the question itself.
For Assessments
Randomize questions used in assessments to reduce the risk of cheating.
For Multiple-Choice
Mix up the selection of multiple-choice answers shown to different candidates.
For Skills
Weed out any copying by randomizing questions assessing individual skills.
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- Faster Hiring Time
- 67%
- Reduced Turnover
- 98%
- Candidate Satisfaction
Geolocation Detection
Inconsistent behaviour
We use geolocation detection to determine if a candidate completes an assessment from multiple locations. If the locations and the timestamps are incompatible the candidate will be flagged for you to review. Our method ensures that genuine candidates that happen to start an assessment in one location and complete it in another location are not disadvantaged by this process.
Plagiarism
Detect duplicates
Our plagiarism detection is powered by our machine learning models so it’s constantly evolving and learning from what it finds. All candidate text responses are run through our plagiarism detector - if two or more candidates have the same sentence format for a particular question they’ll be flagged for your review. You’ll see the content highlighted that has been deemed plagiarism so you can review it in context.
You can also turn this feature off for “complete this sentence” type questions that test for English comprehension, or questions that you know will have the same response.
Candidate Imagery
Genuine candidates only
The use of video and audio questions gives you a real-time look at who is responding to the questions in the assessment if potential cheating has been flagged. Using imagery or voice match as the last step in detecting cheating ensures bias stays firmly out of your hiring process.
The features we implement:
- Work for mobile users
- Encourage compliance, reward the right behavior, and give confidence to honest candidates
- Respect the privacy of candidates
- Create transparency on what is monitored
- Be consistent across all customers and plans
- Positively impact how candidates view the experience
- Flag cheating but also highlight authenticity
Immersive Questions
Test skills in context
Our skills assessments use immersive question types that bring your role to life and help you engage and test the ability of your candidates. Imagine watching an enterprise sales associate give a live pitch from a deck they’ve just helped create, or a marketing analyst pull game-changing insights from data in a spreadsheet, or a UX designer optimize your onboarding flow in under an hour.
Immersive question types recreate the day-to-day tasks specific to your role so your candidates can shine - and cheating becomes far harder and less useful.
Overcoming Generative AI
ChatGPT and other AI tools
Vervoe’s immersive question types are best placed to minimize the effectiveness of candidates cheating using ChatGPT. Vervoe goes beyond text-based answers to simulate true day-in-the-life scenarios and test candidates’ application of their skills through tasks, rather than standalone questions that test recall knowledge.
Our anti-cheating features have been updated to combat AI-assisted plagiarism. We have integrated ChatGPT and web sources into our detection models to make flagging even more accurate - all without penalizing candidates who are able to leverage AI to enhance their work performance.
Our support team can recommend best practices on using Vervoe assessments to replicate real work environments, even with text-based questions, designed to measure skills in context rather than standalone recall.
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