Question 1

What is ClarityHire and how is it different from other hiring platforms?

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ClarityHire is a hiring and assessment platform that combines candidate tracking, multi-format assessments, live video interviews, and multi-layered integrity detection in one tool. Most hiring stacks bolt together an ATS like Greenhouse, an assessment tool like HackerRank or TestGorilla, a video interview tool like Zoom, and a separate proctoring product — each with its own data, billing, and integration burden. ClarityHire replaces that stack with a single platform that follows a candidate from job posting through assessment, live interview, and final offer. The integrity layer is built in rather than bolted on: face-presence detection, keystroke event capture for paste/burst detection, gaze analysis, audio/video sync, and code-coherence AI run silently in the browser with no candidate downloads. The result is fewer tools to manage, one source of truth per candidate, and integrity signals attached to every assessment and interview.

Question 2

Who is ClarityHire designed for?

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ClarityHire is built for companies hiring technical talent, from startups making their first engineering hires to enterprises running hundreds of assessments per month. Recruiters, hiring managers, and engineering leads all use ClarityHire to streamline their workflows.

Question 3

How long does it take to set up ClarityHire?

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Most teams send their first assessment within 10 minutes of signing up — there is no implementation project and no sales call required. After signup you create a job, pick an assessment from the template library (React engineer, backend engineer, data analyst, full-stack, and dozens more), and invite candidates by email or shareable link. Candidates take the assessment in the browser without installing anything, and results land in your dashboard within seconds of submission. Full pipeline customization — custom questions, branded candidate portal, team roles, integrations with Slack and your calendar, integrity-level defaults — typically takes under an hour. Larger teams that want SSO, custom integrity policies, or ATS data migration usually finish onboarding in one or two working days, with no professional services fees.

Question 4

Does ClarityHire work for non-technical roles?

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Yes. While ClarityHire excels at technical hiring with live coding and code coherence AI, it also supports MCQ, essay, file upload, and video response questions that work well for any role. Many teams use it for product, design, and operations roles alongside engineering.

Question 5

Can I migrate data from my existing ATS or assessment tool?

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ClarityHire supports bulk CSV import for candidates, making it straightforward to migrate existing data. Our webhook system also enables real-time sync with other tools during a transition period.

Question 6

What types of assessment questions does ClarityHire support?

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ClarityHire supports six question types in any combination within a single assessment: multiple choice (MCQ) for knowledge checks, multi-select for partial-credit questions, live coding with a Monaco-based editor and 30+ languages, essay and short-form text for written reasoning, file upload for take-home deliverables, and video response for spoken answers. You can mix types freely — for example, a senior backend assessment might include four MCQs on system design, two coding problems against test cases, one essay on a trade-off decision, and one video response on past project ownership. MCQ and coding questions are auto-graded in seconds; essay and code-quality answers can be AI-graded with Anthropic Claude or routed to a human reviewer. Every question type respects the same integrity layer, so cheating signals are consistent across formats.

Question 7

How does the live coding environment work?

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Candidates write code in a Monaco Editor — the same engine that powers VS Code — with support for 30+ languages including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, C++, C#, Kotlin, Swift, Ruby, and SQL. The editor uses a Yjs CRDT for real-time collaboration, so interviewers can watch candidates type live, leave inline comments, or co-edit a line directly. Code runs in a sandboxed executor against hidden test cases, with stdout, stderr, and per-test results streamed back to both sides in real time. There is no setup for the candidate: it loads in any modern browser with no extension or download. For asynchronous take-home assessments the same editor and runner are used, so a candidate's experience is identical whether they are alone or in a live interview.

Question 8

Can I set time limits on assessments?

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Yes. You can set an overall time limit for the entire assessment and individual time limits per question. When a time limit expires, the assessment automatically advances to the next question or submits the final results.

Question 9

How is automated grading handled?

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MCQ and multi-select questions are auto-scored instantly. Coding questions are evaluated against test cases with automatic pass/fail scoring. Essay and code quality can be AI-graded using Anthropic Claude for nuanced evaluation of communication and approach.

Question 10

Can candidates practice before the real assessment?

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Yes. You can add unscored practice questions at the beginning of any assessment so candidates can familiarize themselves with the interface and question format before the timed portion begins.

Question 11

How do live video interviews work in ClarityHire?

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ClarityHire uses LiveKit for WebRTC video conferencing that runs directly in the browser — no Zoom, no plugin, no app to install. An interview room combines low-latency video and audio, a collaborative Monaco code editor with shared cursors, screen sharing, an integrated whiteboard, and an AI copilot panel that suggests follow-up questions, scores answers against the rubric, and surfaces relevant context from the candidate's prior assessment. Interviewers can record the session for asynchronous review, with playback that scrubs the video, the code timeline, and the chat in sync. The same integrity layer used in async assessments — face continuity, A/V sync, gaze tracking — runs in interviews too, so panel hand-offs are caught and the recording is verifiable. Calendly integration handles scheduling across time zones.

Question 12

Can I record interviews for later review?

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Yes. Interview sessions can be recorded so hiring managers or team members who could not attend can review the full conversation and coding session afterward with playback controls.

Question 13

How does the AI copilot assist interviewers?

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The AI copilot panel surfaces relevant candidate data, suggests follow-up questions based on the conversation, and provides real-time evaluation notes. It helps interviewers stay consistent and thorough without extensive preparation.

Question 14

Does ClarityHire support scheduling across time zones?

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Yes. ClarityHire handles timezone conversion automatically and integrates with Calendly for self-service scheduling. Candidates see available slots in their local timezone, and automated email reminders are sent before the interview.

Question 15

What integrity signals does ClarityHire monitor?

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ClarityHire monitors five primary signals during assessments and interviews. Face-presence detection uses computer vision to confirm a face is in frame throughout, catching panel hand-offs and impersonation. Keystroke event capture logs typing patterns and flags sudden style changes that suggest someone else took over the keyboard, plus paste/burst detection. Gaze analysis uses MediaPipe to detect sustained off-screen reading consistent with consulting a phone or second monitor. Audio/video sync detects lip-sync drift that betrays a deepfake or pre-recorded answer. Code coherence AI uses Anthropic Claude to compare a candidate's edit timeline against the kind of pattern a human writing live would produce — large pasted blocks, missing exploratory edits, and answers structured like an LLM response are flagged. Every signal contributes to a single integrity score with a per-signal breakdown.

Question 16

Does integrity detection require candidates to install anything?

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No. All integrity monitoring runs in the candidate's browser using the webcam, microphone, and standard web APIs already supported in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. There are no browser extensions, no desktop agents, no lockdown browsers, and no app installs. This is a deliberate design choice: every required install drops assessment completion rates by several percentage points and creates support tickets from candidates on locked-down corporate machines or unusual operating systems. The trade-off is that ClarityHire cannot read the candidate's filesystem or kill background processes the way a true lockdown browser can, but the multi-signal approach (face, keystrokes, gaze, A/V sync, code coherence) catches the cheating patterns that actually matter — a second person, a phone next to the keyboard, an LLM pasting answers — without forcing every candidate through a software install.

Question 17

What are the three integrity levels?

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ClarityHire ships three integrity presets you set per assessment or interview. None disables all monitoring and is intended for low-stakes use like internal practice, optional take-homes, or assessments where you have already verified the candidate in person. Basic enables tab-switch tracking, copy-paste detection, and fullscreen enforcement — lightweight signals that catch obvious cheating without requiring the webcam. Strict turns on the full integrity stack: face-presence detection, keystroke event capture with paste/burst detection, gaze analysis, audio/video sync, and code-coherence AI on coding answers. Strict requires camera and microphone consent at the start of the session and is the right default for anything that influences a hiring decision. Each preset can be overridden per question if you want, for example, video proctoring on the coding section but not on the multiple-choice warm-up.

Question 18

How accurate is the face-presence detection?

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ClarityHire uses computer vision to detect face presence throughout the session. It confirms that a face is in frame and flags sudden absences, with high accuracy and low false-positive rates. This is face-presence detection, not face recognition or identification.

Question 19

Can candidates see their integrity score?

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Integrity monitoring runs silently in the background and candidates are informed that monitoring is active. Detailed integrity scores and per-signal breakdowns are only visible to your hiring team in the results dashboard, not to candidates.

Question 20

How is ClarityHire priced?

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ClarityHire offers two pricing models so you can pick the one that matches how you hire. Seat-based plans start at $79 per seat per month, billed annually, and include unlimited assessments and live interviews — best for teams running a steady hiring pipeline. Pay-per-assessment credits start at $2 per completed assessment with no subscription, designed for teams that hire in bursts or want to try the platform without committing. Both models include the full integrity stack, all question types, live interviews, AI grading, and the candidate portal. Enterprise plans add SSO/SAML, custom data residency, dedicated support, and volume discounts; contact sales for a quote. Every account starts with a 14-day free trial — no credit card required — and there are no long-term contracts on the standard plans.

Question 21

Is there a free trial available?

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Yes. You can sign up and start using ClarityHire immediately to explore the platform, create assessments, and invite candidates. No credit card is required to get started.

Question 22

Can I change or cancel my plan at any time?

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Yes. Plan changes take effect immediately and billing is prorated. You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your subscription at any time from the billing settings page with no long-term contracts.

Question 23

Do you offer discounts for startups or nonprofits?

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Yes. We offer special pricing for early-stage startups, nonprofits, and educational institutions. Contact our team with details about your organization and we will work out a plan that fits your budget.

Question 24

How does ClarityHire handle candidate data privacy?

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ClarityHire is built around GDPR and privacy regulations from the data model up. Every organization can configure per-data-type retention windows — assessment recordings, video interviews, webcam snapshots, keystroke event logs, and integrity scores each get their own deletion schedule, after which records are permanently purged. Candidates always see a clear consent screen before monitoring begins, can request a full data export at any time, and can request deletion which is honored within 30 days unless you have an active legal hold. All access to candidate records is tracked in an immutable audit log so you can prove who saw what and when. ClarityHire does not process biometric identifiers; webcam snapshots are stored for human review, and keystroke events are used only for paste/burst detection. Sub-processors and security details are listed on our trust page.

Question 25

Is candidate data encrypted?

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Yes. All data is encrypted in transit using TLS 1.3 and at rest using AES-256 encryption. File uploads are stored with server-side encryption. Database connections use SSL by default.

Question 26

Does ClarityHire support SSO and team access controls?

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ClarityHire supports Google OAuth and email magic link authentication. Six granular roles (super_admin, admin, hiring_manager, recruiter, interviewer, viewer) let you control exactly what each team member can see and do.

Question 27

Where is ClarityHire data stored?

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ClarityHire uses PostgreSQL for structured data and local file storage for uploads. All infrastructure runs on modern cloud providers with redundancy, automated backups, and monitoring. Contact us for specific data residency requirements.

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