Can Final Round AI Be Detected?
By Aaron Cao · Updated
It depends on how you run it, not on magic. A meeting platform cannot scan your computer for Final Round AI, but sharing your full screen, a proctoring tool, or browser-extension checks can expose it. In a proctored or recorded interview, no copilot is safe.
What the meeting platform can and cannot see
Start with what a video call actually has access to. Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams capture your camera, your microphone, and whatever screen or window you choose to share. None of them can scan your operating system, read your running processes, or detect installed software on their own.
So the meeting platform by itself does not see Final Round AI. Whether it becomes visible is decided by your own setup, not by the call software. The full picture of what interview tools can and cannot detect is on the detectability topic hub.
Where Final Round AI can show up
Detection risk depends on how the copilot runs and what you share.
- Screen share: if you share your full desktop and a copilot window is in that region, the interviewer sees it. Sharing a single window keeps it out of view. See can interviewers see AI tools during screen share.
- Browser extension: a copilot that runs as a browser extension can be flagged by some locked-down assessment platforms or by lost-focus and tab checks. Why that matters is covered in does an AI interview assistant need a browser extension.
For what the tool is in the first place, see what is Final Round AI.
Where detection is effectively certain
The honest line is that some settings catch any copilot regardless of brand. A proctored or recorded assessment records your screen and camera, and proctoring software can hold system-level permissions that read your running apps and browser extensions. Gaze tracking flags eyes drifting to a second window, and an in-person observer sees everything.
No interview copilot, Final Round AI or otherwise, is safe in those conditions. The mechanics of automated monitoring are on can a proctor be AI.
The honest comparison with SubcueAI
SubcueAI runs on the same physics, and it is built to be honest about them. It is a native desktop overlay rather than a browser extension, so it does not inject into the browser, does not appear in the participant list, and can sit on a screen region you are not sharing. That removes some of the browser-extension exposure, but it changes nothing about proctored settings.
SubcueAI treats proctored, recorded, and company-managed interviews as out of scope on purpose, and the durable move is to prepare rather than rely on any tool. A mock interview builds that, and how SubcueAI handles your data is on the security page.