Does CodeSignal Record Your Screen?

Yes, when the assessment is proctored. CodeSignal records your screen for the entire session, alongside your camera and microphone, and a CodeSignal review team watches it after you submit. As of September 9, 2026, the documentation says the recording is "reviewed by CodeSignal only and is stored and deleted within 15 days" and is not shared with the company that requested the test. A non-proctored CodeSignal test does not capture your screen at all; the employer sees a replay of what you typed in the editor, not your display.

What the screen share covers

CodeSignal's proctoring documentation states: "Prior to the assessment, you will be prompted to share your camera, microphone, and screen for the duration of the assessment." The setup step is labeled "Share Screen," and in CodeSignal's own screenshots the browser banner reads "is sharing your screen," which is Chrome's wording for a full-display share rather than a single tab. CodeSignal does not spell out the share scope in text, so treat it as your whole screen.

The share must stay on. The verification team confirms that "Your camera, microphone and screenshare were shared for the duration of your evaluation." Stopping the share mid-test is a verification failure, not a technicality.

Recording, not snapshots

CodeSignal describes a continuous recording that is reviewed afterward. It does not document a screenshot interval or an automated classifier. This differs from HackerRank, which documents a screenshot every 15 seconds and a model that labels each one; that design is covered in whether HackerRank records your screen. On CodeSignal, the reviewer is a person watching a video.

What that person is looking for is implied by the documented rejection reasons in CodeSignal's recruiter guide: "Test-taker used an external IDE" and "Test-taker searched online for help (other than syntax-related searches)." Both are screen-visible behaviors. The acknowledgements you check at setup also cover them: "I will not consult or copy content from any external source" and, in the configuration CodeSignal shows, "I will not search the web; doing so will result in disqualification."

Who sees the recording

Only CodeSignal. The documentation is explicit: "Identification and proctoring data is reviewed by CodeSignal only and is stored and deleted within 15 days. It will not be shared with the company who requested your coding report. The company who requested your coding report will simply receive a copy of your assessment result and score."

The employer does receive a different artifact: an editor replay. CodeSignal's results documentation describes "a replay of a test-taker writing their solution" with playback up to 32x and "suspicious paste events" marked on the timeline. That replay shows keystrokes in CodeSignal's editor, not your display.

What a non-proctored test captures

Nothing from your screen. The browser never asks for screen-share permission, so it cannot record the display. The employer still gets the editor replay, paste markers, and the Suspicion Score, which draws on paste size and timing, description copies, and similarity to other solutions. Whether your test is proctored is shown on the Assessments page before you start; how to tell whether CodeSignal is proctored covers the signs.

CodeSignal Interview

Live interviews have a separate setting. CodeSignal's interview setup documentation says that with proctoring enabled the system will "Prompt the interviewee to share their screen during the session." Without proctoring, the default is a pledge to close other tabs and apps, with optional sub-pledges about a syntax-reference tab and a single monitor. What an interviewer sees through a share in general is covered in what interviewers can see when you share your screen.

What this means for candidates

If the setup asks you to share your screen, assume everything on the display for the length of the test will be watched by a person. Close personal documents, chat clients, and password managers before you grant the share, and do not stop sharing until you submit. If setup does not ask, your screen is not captured, but your editor history is. The camera half of the same setup is covered in when CodeSignal uses your webcam, and the full inventory is in what CodeSignal proctoring records.