Candidate integrity in job assessments and interviews (FY 2021-FY 2026)

Candidate cheating today is evolving into a systemic, end-to-end risk across the hiring funnel.

Our latest report examines candidate integrity across India from FY 2021 to FY 2026, drawing on approximately 1 million assessments and 100,000 interviews each year.

The findings reveal the scale of the challenge: 

• Assessment cheating rose from 32% to 45%, affecting nearly 1 in 2 assessments 
• Interview fraud nearly doubled, rising from 1.4% to 2.5%
• AI-enabled cheating in assessments grew by 50% in just one year
• Video manipulation nearly doubled to 9%, driven by deepfake-based impersonation

The report further explores how malpractice is shifting across the hiring funnel, where vulnerabilities persist, and why organizations need a layered approach to detection, identity verification, and continuous monitoring.

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