What Is Interview Integrity and Why It Matters

Interview integrity means that:

1. The person interviewing is the actual candidate

2. The answers represent the candidate’s own thinking

3. Every candidate is evaluated consistently and fairly

In a world where AI coaching, proxy participation, and answer scripting are increasingly common, interview integrity is now a foundational requirement for fair hiring and reliable performance outcomes.

Without interview integrity:

• Hiring accuracy falls

• High-performing teams weaken

• Bias increases

• Legal and audit risks expand

Sherlock AI provides the identity, authorship, and reasoning continuity layer that preserves trust in hiring decisions.

Why Interview Integrity Matters Now

Historically, interviews relied on:

• Trust

• Shared physical presence

• Memory-based evaluation

• Human perception of confidence and communication

Remote interviewing and generative AI changed this.

Now:

• Candidates can receive live answer feeding

• Entire interviews can be scripted in advance

• System design explanations can be delivered by someone else

• Behavioral answers can be sourced from AI coaching scripts

According to a recent study, 28% of candidates admit to have used AI to generate interview answers.

This makes traditional interview signals unreliable.

What Interview Integrity Ensures

1. Identity Authenticity

The candidate in the interview is the candidate who will do the job.

Tools like Sherlock AI confirm:

• Voice consistency

• Device authenticity

• Identity continuity across interview rounds

This prevents the most damaging form of interview fraud: proxy participation.

2. Authorship Integrity

The ideas, tradeoffs, and reasoning presented in the interview belong to the candidate, not:

• A hidden coach

• A live prompt window

• A memorized script

This protects:

• Real contributors

• Non-fluent speakers who think deeply

• Candidates who do not have access to coaching services

Interview integrity reduces inequity.

3. Evaluation Consistency

When interviews vary by:

• Interviewer style

• Note-taking quality

• Memory of the conversation

decisions become subjective.

Sherlock AI automates:

• Notes

• Summaries

• Reasoning structure documentation

• Candidate comparison evidence

This ensures decisions are based on evidence, not impression.

The Risk of Ignoring Interview Integrity

Interview integrity is not about catching people.
It is about protecting the truth of the signal.

Why Interview Integrity Is a Hiring Culture Principle

Interview integrity reinforces:

• Trust in the hiring process

• Confidence in new hires

• Respect among team members

• Fair access to opportunity

• Predictable performance outcomes

Without integrity:

Interviews become a theater.
With integrity:
Interviews return to evaluating real thinking and capability.

How Sherlock AI Supports Interview Integrity

Sherlock AI:

• Ensures identity continuity

• Detects authorship consistency

• Highlights reasoning vs recitation

• Automates neutral, audit-ready notes

• Helps interviewers focus on listening instead of typing or policing

Sherlock AI does not replace interviewers.
Sherlock enables them to evaluate the real candidate.

Conclusion

Interview integrity is now as essential as job descriptions, compensation bands, or background checks.

It ensures:

• Real thinking is evaluated

• Every candidate is treated fairly

• Hiring decisions are defensible and aligned to performance

• Teams maintain quality, trust, and accountability

Sherlock AI is not just a monitoring system. Sherlock AI is the trust layer that keeps hiring real.