The webapp tracks a lot of stuff - including a play-by-play video of what you type in. It maps out when you're on the pad, when you're out of the pad, when you paste something, when you're looking at an external source, etc. [They go into pretty great detail outlining their tracking and assessment features here] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUbtr35YfAg).

It never crossed my mind that these interviewing tools were any different than a live collaborative editor until today. This is all spurred by a rejection (today) from a tech screen that had pretty simple questions and couldn't figure out why they had rejected me outright and so early without any feedback. Admittedly - it could have been for anything and realistically, I absolutely could have done something wrong in their eyes. But - determined to figure out what the problem could have been (having now garnered mild imposter syndrome), I showed my S.O. the take home code project and they pointed out that the reviewer may be unnecessarily cold and vague because I copied the code out to write it in VIM. From their perspective, it looks like I was searching the internet for 40 minutes and then copied some code over that worked the first time.

Again - they absolutely may have cut me for a plethora of other reasons. But at a minimum this experience has opened up a new world of potential pitfalls related to the web editor itself (especially if you do most of your work outside of their editor). In retrospect, I'm not sure why I didn't think about this (slightly embarrassed) but I figured that there might be others who thought/do the same.

Anyways - know that interview code pads aren't all the same - some track a ton of stuff - even live video. If you're like me and like to copy the code out and into your own environment to use your own custom tools - just know that you might look pretty suspicious from the reviewer's point of view.

Hey guys,

i have a small problem. I got an coding task sent on coderpad after applying for a summer internship, which i solved with the help of chatgpt, and i got invited for an interview onsite (first round, no interview before) I feel so stupid, bc i now googled how the cheating mechanism works, and found out, they can track when i left the window, which i basically did all the time, as i copied the solution.

It‘s pretty obvious what i did, so know i am wondering why the heck did they invite me. I am thinking about not attending and simply telling them that i found something else, probably they just invited me to let me suffer by asking too hard questions and testing me?

Just fyi, i am a master student in computer science and i have software engineering experience, i just cheated bc i forget to solve the coding tasks and when i found out, that i only have 2 hours to solve the tasks bc the link expires i was just attending a in person lecture at my uni so i was already stressed. I really regret cheating and feel like the dumpest person ever.

What would u do? Still prepare and try to do the interview? Do you think i‘ll be able to succeed or do they only invite me to „teach me a lesson“?

A company I applied to made me do a CoderPad test. The whole thing was nothing but esoterica about various languages. Stuff actual engineers rarely deal with and when they do they look it up in the docs. Stuff like “What’s the second parameter to API function X?” “Which of call() or apply() take an array for parameters?”, “What’s it called when you mix asynchronous and synchronous functions”?, shit like that. It was an hour test of nothing but that for Java, Node, GoLang and C++. I totally failed even though I have well over 10 years of experience with each, building real stuff.

Anyway… I thought it was over. I got the results back and I failed hard on every part. I was pissed that I wasted my time on rote learning bullshit likely put together by some Indian engineer who’s used to that shit No! The company was “impressed” and wants to schedule panel interviews. WTF?

Clearly it’s some hazing thing and I told the company to fuck off…

Probably a dumb question to ask, I understand that Coderpad can detect if the code if copy from elsewhere and paste in Coderpad.

But what about the other way round? Can it be detected if I copy the problem from Coderpad and paste it on somewhere else like Google?

Hello everyone,

This is my biggest opportunity, that I received recently. I am full prepared but I doubt if I can make it or not. I just want to know about Cluely, is says its undetectable but I developed simple HTML, CSS and JavaScript file to detect logs and when the cluely runs in background till then its fine but when I press command and Enter to get a solution. The website logs an event that says that I pressed some commands in keyboard. Should I use or not? I have read through coderpad documentation and it doesnt explicitly states that they monitor my keyboard, but they monitor my key stroking.

Apart form it, is there source code available online? I can make a change in there source code to auto read my screen after specific amount of time.

Here is the code that I used to figure out:

<!DOCTYPE 
html
>
<html 
lang
="en">
<head>
  <meta 
charset
="UTF-8">
  <title>Cluely AI Detection Test</title>
  <style>
    body {
      font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
      padding: 20px;
      background-color: #f9f9f9;
    }
    #editor {
      width: 100%;
      height: 200px;
      font-size: 16px;
      padding: 10px;
    }
    #log {
      margin-top: 20px;
      max-height: 300px;
      overflow-y: auto;
      background: #eee;
      padding: 10px;
      font-size: 14px;
    }
    .log-entry {
      margin-bottom: 5px;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h2>Cluely AI Detection Simulator</h2>
  <p>Type in the box below. Switch tabs. Copy/paste content. Logs will appear below.</p>
  <textarea 
id
="editor" 
placeholder
="Type here..."></textarea>
  <div 
id
="log"></div>

  <script>
    const log = document.getElementById('log');
    const editor = document.getElementById('editor');

    function appendLog(message) {
      const entry = document.createElement('div');
      entry.className = 'log-entry';
      entry.textContent = `[${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()}] ${message}`;
      log.appendChild(entry);
      log.scrollTop = log.scrollHeight;
    }

    document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
      appendLog(`Key Down: ${e.key}`);
    });

    editor.addEventListener('paste', (e) => {
      appendLog('Paste event detected');
    });

    editor.addEventListener('copy', (e) => {
      appendLog('Copy event detected');
    });

    editor.addEventListener('cut', (e) => {
      appendLog('Cut event detected');
    });

    window.addEventListener('blur', () => {
      appendLog('Window lost focus (tab switch or minimize)');
    });

    window.addEventListener('focus', () => {
      appendLog('Window regained focus');
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

One of my friends recently got an offer and he told me he cheated on the technical interview. He said he went on his phone and looked up the question.

I’m curious how many people are cheating on their final rounds especially if it’s on the phone and you don’t need to show your face.

I know it’s pretty common on OAs but less so on proctored CodeSignals.

Edit: Lot of people are saying interviews are broken which I agree with. But saying googling is a skill doesn’t really justify doing it in an interview.