Integrity index

Integrity index

HackerEarth has introduced integrity index, a metric calculated from the number and severity of proctoring violations made by the candidate while taking the assessment. Proctoring violations detected by our system, such as tab switches, snapshot violations, plagiarism, and audio proctoring signals, lower a candidate's integrity index, facilitating quicker decision-making by summarizing all the proctoring violations into a single index.

How does it help?

You can easily filter out 50 to 75% of the candidates based on their integrity index, making your hiring decision quicker and more efficient. To calculate the integrity index, we use artificial intelligence effectively to check for all the proctoring violations and summarize them into a single index from a particular score they get as a candidate. This helps you identify if the candidate has taken the assessment honestly or is worthy of being shortlisted, making the hiring decisions faster and more efficient. 

How do you see a candidate’s integrity index?

You can see the integrity index of a candidate by following these steps:

1. Log in to the HackerEarth assessment.
2. Select the assessment taken by the candidate.
3. Under the Candidates section, select Review pending or Test taken.
   
   
4. You can see the integrity index clearly, which is defined into three parameters which are as follows:

   • Acceptable: The candidate's proctoring behavior during the assessment was satisfactory, with minimal to no violations detected.

   • Marginally Acceptable: The candidate showed some proctoring violations that require further review, though they do not automatically disqualify them.
   • Unacceptable: The candidate displayed significant or repeated proctoring violations, indicating a serious lack of integrity during the assessment. 
   
   
   
5. To see the events behind the index, click the integrity status on the Integrity index card - Acceptable, Marginally Acceptable, or Unacceptable, depending on the candidate. The Integrity Report panel opens, displaying the candidate's details and a Detailed analysis of the events that the automated proctoring system recorded during the session.
   

Audio proctoring and the integrity index

Audio proctoring signals contribute to the integrity index for events published after August 11, 2026. The audio recorded during the assessment is analyzed for indications that the candidate received outside help, and the result affects the index as follows:

• High risk: A major deduction is applied to the integrity index.
• Needs review: A minor deduction is applied to the integrity index.

The scoring follows the same methodology that is used for other proctoring violations, so audio signals are weighed consistently with tab switches, snapshot violations, and plagiarism.

Note: For subjective questions in which candidates record a video answer, the audio from that video-answer segment is skipped entirely and is not processed for audio proctoring. Audio proctoring continues to analyze all other audio recorded during the assessment.

You can review the audio proctoring result in the Audio analysis section of the candidate's report. This section displays the risk level, the spoken language that was detected, a summary of what was observed, and a player in which the flagged segments are marked on the timeline so that you can listen to them directly.