Can interviewers see AI interview tools during screen share?

Screen sharing in Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams sends pixels from a chosen source to the other participants. The source you pick determines what they see:

• Single window share: only that one application window is captured. Other windows, overlays, and notifications on the same screen are not transmitted.
• Entire screen / full display share: everything visible on that monitor is transmitted, including floating windows, overlays, notifications, and the dock or taskbar.
• Specific tab share (Google Meet / Chrome): only the content of that browser tab is sent.

This is a property of the conferencing app and the operating system, not of any particular AI tool.

SubcueAI is a native desktop app for macOS and Windows that shows suggestions in a local floating overlay on your machine. It does not join the meeting as a bot and is not a browser extension, so it does not appear in the participant list and is not injected into the meeting page.

However, the overlay is a real window on your screen. That means:

• If you share a single window (for example, your IDE or a browser tab), the SubcueAI overlay is on a different surface and is not part of that share.
• If you share your entire screen, the overlay is visible like any other window. Move it to a second display, or share only a single window instead.

For more on this design, see how SubcueAI works.

We are deliberate about not claiming SubcueAI is universally invisible. There are situations where any on-screen assistant is a bad idea:

• Proctored interviews that require dedicated proctoring software, lockdown browsers, or eye tracking.
• Company-managed devices where IT controls what runs on the machine and may log processes or block unknown apps.
• Local screen recording by the interviewer (for example, OBS) capturing the entire display.
• Camera-visible reading — if your eyes track an off-screen overlay too obviously on webcam.

More detail on the threat model is on the detectability topic page and our security page.

If you want to use an AI assistant during a call that involves screen sharing, the simplest setup is:

• Use a second display if you have one, and keep the overlay there. Share only the primary screen or a single window.
• If you only have one display, prefer single-window sharing (your editor, terminal, or a specific browser tab) over full-screen sharing.
• Do a dry run with a friend or a test meeting first to confirm what the other side actually sees.

A step-by-step walkthrough is in the tutorial.