Stealth interview assistant, layer by layer
Hiding an overlay from a screen share is only the first layer. Here is every measure InterviewPilot’s stealth mode takes — each one tied to how the Windows app actually works.
Why one layer isn’t enough
Most “stealth” claims stop at screen-share exclusion. But a share can also show your taskbar; switching windows can surface an app in Alt-Tab; clicking an overlay moves focus away from the tab you’re being watched in. A stealth interview assistant has to account for all of those, not just the capture. These are the layers InterviewPilot uses:
Excluded from screen capture
The overlay window is flagged with the Windows SetWindowDisplayAffinity(WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE) API, so the operating system itself leaves it out of every screen share, window share and recording — including full-desktop shares.
Hidden from the taskbar and Alt-Tab
The window never gets a taskbar button and does not appear in the Alt-Tab switcher, so there is nothing to spot if you switch windows while sharing.
Neutral process name
The installed app runs under a neutral, generic process name rather than announcing itself as an interview tool.
Click-through, always-on-top overlay
The overlay floats above your interview and coding windows, and mouse input passes straight through it to the window underneath unless you are deliberately interacting with it — so focus stays where the interviewer expects it.
Virtual cursor and human-paced typing
A virtual cursor lets you work the overlay without moving your real pointer, and code can be typed out at a natural, human pace instead of appearing as a sudden paste.
Global hotkeys
Show or hide the overlay and trigger answers from the keyboard, without clicking into the app.
Reads the screen, not the page
Coding problems are read from a screenshot of your display — no copy-paste and no browser extension, so there are no clipboard events or page modifications for a browser-based test to observe.
What stealth mode does not do
- The overlay is still visible on your own physical monitor.
- It does not hide the running process from Windows Task Manager.
- It has no effect on a camera physically pointed at your screen.
- Windows is the only released platform. A macOS build is in beta (waitlist on the download page); there is no Linux version.
And no software changes the human side: an answer you can’t explain under a follow-up question is noticeable whatever tool produced it. We go into that in what “undetectable” AI interview tools actually mean.
Related
- Invisible interview assistant — a side-by-side of what you see and what the interviewer sees.
- Undetectable interview assistant — what proctoring can and can’t observe.
- Can HackerRank detect it? and do Zoom, Teams and Meet detect overlays?
Further reading
Frequently asked questions
Explore InterviewPilot
- AI Interview AssistantWhat an AI interview assistant does during a live interview, and how InterviewPilot works end to end.
- Invisible Interview AssistantThe invisible display: what you see on your monitor versus what the interviewer sees on the screen share.
- Undetectable Interview AssistantWhat screen-capture exclusion hides, what it does not, and how to verify it yourself.
- AI Interview CopilotReal-time copilot for live rounds — transcription, screen reading and resume-grounded answers.
- Coding Interview AssistantDSA, HackerRank and LeetCode rounds — problem read off the screen, explained code and complexity.
- Interview HelperLive support for technical and behavioral interview pressure.
- Free AI Interview AssistantThe free tier: 3 sessions a day, 10 minutes each, no card required.
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