--- title: Cheating prevention and detection description: On Coderbyte, we have deployed both industry-standard as well as proprietary methodologies to prevent and detect cheating. To reduce the ability for candidates to cheat, we offer the following capabil --- [Skip to content](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/how-does-plagiarism-detection-work#main-content) [Contact support](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [Customer portal](https://help.coderbyte.com/tickets-view?hsLang=en) [![coderbyte\_logo\_digital\_white](https://help.coderbyte.com/hs-fs/hubfs/coderbyte_logo_digital_white.png?width=128&height=34&name=coderbyte_logo_digital_white.png)](https://coderbyte.com) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact support](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - [Customer portal](https://help.coderbyte.com/tickets-view) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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[Reports and analytics](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/assessments?hsLang=en#reports-and-analytics) # Cheating prevention and detection On Coderbyte, we have deployed both industry-standard as well as proprietary methodologies to prevent and detect cheating. ### Cheating prevention To reduce the ability for candidates to cheat, we offer the following capabilities: - For algorithmic challenges, require candidates to write 100% unique solutions by enabling [cheat-proof technology](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/cheat-proof-challenges-to-prevent-candidates-from-copying-solutions-online?hsLang=en) - For all challenges, [mask the challenge title](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/masking-challenge-titles-for-candidates?hsLang=en) so candidates cannot easily Google for solutions - [Randomize the selection](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/randomize-multiple-choice-questions?hsLang=en) of questions each candidates sees - You can enable [identity verification](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/enable-identity-verification?hsLang=en) for any Assessment - You can enable [screenshot-proofing](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/screenshot?hsLang=en) to prevent AI tools from taking screenshots - You can enable [webcam proctoring](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/webcam-proctoring?hsLang=en) the entire Assessment ### Cheating detection If a candidate cheated, we provide several automated and manual detection methodologies. The following are how we display **automated cheating detection**: - If a candidate [copy and pastes](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/copy-and-paste-detection?hsLang=en)code into the code editor - If a candidate [leaves](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/tab-leaving-detection?hsLang=en) the code editor tab during an assessment for a lengthy duration - If a candidate plagiarized from other candidates [or from ChatGPT](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/detect-candidates-that-cheat-with-ai-/-chatgpt?hsLang=en) - If a candidate does any [suspicious activity](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/suspicious-candidate-activity?hsLang=en), such as multiple people being detected Based on a combination of these factors, you will see a summarized cheating detection indicator within any Assessment's dashboard: ![](https://help.coderbyte.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CleanShot%202025-01-22%20at%2014-09-18@2x-png.png?width=670&height=330&name=CleanShot%202025-01-22%20at%2014-09-18@2x-png.png) - **Not detected **means that the candidate did not behave in any way to indicate that they cheated - **Likely** means that the candidate behaved in ways that indicate they likely cheated - **Detected** means that the candidate behaved in ways that indicate they definitely cheated On the individual candidate report, you can see the overview of cheating that was detected: ![CleanShot 2025-11-14 at 11.43.09@2x](https://help.coderbyte.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CleanShot%202025-11-14%20at%2011.43.09@2x.png?width=670&height=242&name=CleanShot%202025-11-14%20at%2011.43.09@2x.png) We also provide the following **manual cheating detection** methodologies: - If you have [Google search](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/reference-search-in-the-code-editor-for-screening-assessments?hsLang=en) enabled within the code editor, you can see what each candidate Google searched for and clicked by clicking **Expand all** above the **Challenge solutions** section - Watch a [video playback](https://help.coderbyte.com/knowledge/understanding-the-code-editor-and-video-recording?hsLang=en) of all coding activities to see any suspicious behaviors - 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