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Short reads on interview craft, why Dusky stays off shared screens, and what we're building next.
A step-by-step setup for invisible AI help on Zoom: the one Zoom setting to change, the permissions to grant, and the test to run before the call.
Hands-on tests of the leading interview copilots: real installs, write-time-verified pricing, and a detectability column grounded in capture mechanics.
Cluely pivoted to meetings and paywalls stealth at $149.99/mo. Dusky is interview-only with invisibility always on, from a $19 one-time pass.
Both trace back to the same Columbia stunt. One pivoted to meetings; one still charges $299/mo. An outsider's referee comparison.
Cluely sells undetectability as a $149.99/mo tier and now targets meetings. Dusky includes invisibility in every plan, starting at a $19 pass.
What a CoderPad round actually looks like, the question types to expect by language, and how to prepare — plus where an invisible copilot fits.
Interview Coder charges $299/mo or $799 lifetime. Dusky is purpose-built for coding, behavioral, and system design from a $19 one-time pass — with published pricing and native OS-level invisibility.
Final Round AI's own site says 'from $25/month' while third-party reviews report ~$90–150/mo for live interviews. Compare Dusky: every price public, flat passes, OS-level invisibility.
Real HireVue formats, how its rubric scores STAR structure, and walkthrough answers — the prep guide for the screen nobody explains properly.
Interview Coder costs $299/mo with coding roots. Compare Dusky: purpose-built behavioral and system-design coverage, from a $19 flat pass.
HackerRank, Proctorio, and Honorlock publicly block Cluely — by reading your process list, not your screen share. The evidence, graded and sourced.
How Dusky's OS-level capture exclusion works, what it covers, and the exact cases where you should not rely on it — with a reproducible test.
Final Round AI claims '100% Invisible & Undetectable', but a browser tab is just page pixels — screen share captures them. What the record shows.
Capture exclusion happens at the OS compositor and only for native windows. LockedIn's extension overlay lives inside the page — that's why it leaks.
Parakeet gates its prices behind login and meters usage in credit-based sessions. Dusky publishes every price and sells flat one-time passes from $19.
LockedIn AI's extension lives in the page's pixels, so screen share can capture it. Dusky is a native window excluded by the OS compositor.