Undetectable mode

When you share your screen, the interviewer does not see URHIRED AI. Here is exactly how that works and how to verify it on your own machine.

The same moment, from both sides of the screen share.

The mechanism

The overlay window is marked as protected content at the operating-system level. Screen-capture and screen-share APIs honour that flag and exclude the window from the frames they produce. You see it on your physical display; the stream your interviewer receives never contains it.

Nothing is being intercepted or spoofed — the OS is doing the excluding, which is why it works consistently across meeting apps rather than needing a per-app workaround.

Everything that keeps it out of sight

LayerWhat it does
Protected contentThe overlay is excluded from screen capture and screen share.
No Dock or taskbar entryThe app registers no Dock icon on macOS and no taskbar button on Windows.
Hidden from Cmd+TabOn macOS the windows are also excluded from Cmd+Tab and Mission Control.
Frameless windowsNo title bar and no window chrome to catch the eye.
Adjustable opacityFade the background while response text stays readable.
Click-throughThe overlay stops receiving mouse events entirely.
Instant hideOne keystroke removes it from your screen.
Cursor-safe snipsRegion capture never changes your cursor the way OS snip tools do.

Verify it yourself

Do this once per meeting app. It takes thirty seconds and it replaces anxiety with knowledge.

  1. 1

    Start a meeting with yourself

    Open Zoom, Meet, Teams — whichever the interview will use — and start a call with no other participants.
  2. 2

    Start an URHIRED AI session

    So the overlay is actually on screen, not just the hub.
  3. 3

    Share your screen

    Share the same way you will in the interview: full screen or the specific window.
  4. 4

    Look at the shared preview

    Most apps show you a thumbnail of what you are broadcasting. The overlay should be absent from it. Record a few seconds and play it back if you want to be certain.

What it covers, and what it does not

Undetectable mode is about your screen share and your visible desktop. Being precise about the edges:

  • It hides the app from screen sharing, screen recording, your Dock, your taskbar, and your app switcher.
  • The process is still listed in Activity Monitor and Task Manager, the same as any running application.
  • It is not designed to defeat dedicated proctoring software. If an assessment is proctored, that is a disclosed condition of the process.
Share a window, not a tab
When you have the choice, share a specific window or your whole screen rather than a browser tab. Tab sharing captures the page's own render surface, which behaves differently from a desktop capture.
Where we stand
We think you should know the boundaries of the tool you are trusting. Our broader position is on the ethics page.