How to Enable Full Screen Mode
Explain what full screen mode is and how to enable it so candidates must keep the interview in full screen during the assessment.
What is Full Screen Mode?
Full Screen Mode forces candidates to view the interview in full screen during the assessment. It prevents candidates from accessing other windows or applications while taking the interview, which helps maintain focus and interview security throughout the assessment.
How to Enable Full Screen Mode
Open the job editor
When you create a new job or edit an existing job, open the job editor.
Open the Customisation tab
Select the Customisation tab.
Open the Anticheating tab
In the Interview Form section on the left side, click the Anticheating tab.
Enable Full Screen Mode
Turn on Full Screen Mode.
Save your changes
Click Save.
Full Screen Mode Features
- Immersive Interview Experience — Candidates view the interview in full screen with no access to other applications or windows.
- Enhanced Security — The feature prevents candidates from switching to other windows or accessing external resources during the assessment.
- Focus Management — Candidates stay focused on interview questions without distractions from the desktop or taskbar.
Best Practices
- Enable full screen mode for high-security assessments.
- Test full screen mode on different devices and browsers.
- Inform candidates about the full screen requirement before the interview starts.
- Use it with tab switch detection for more comprehensive monitoring.
- Balance security requirements with candidate experience.
Full screen mode ensures a controlled, distraction-free interview environment while maintaining assessment integrity.
FAQs
Browser behavior can vary, so candidates may attempt to exit full screen, but the setting is meant to keep the interview in a focused full screen view.
The candidate may need to allow the browser’s full screen prompt or retry in a supported browser.
It is best to test it on the browsers and devices your candidates are expected to use, because behavior can vary.
It is intended to keep candidates in full screen during the assessment once the setting is enabled.
Yes. It is commonly combined with settings like tab switch detection and copy/paste restriction for stronger monitoring.
Confirm the setting was saved, test the interview in a supported browser, and check whether the browser is blocking the full screen prompt.