Honeit does not determine whether a candidate is fraudulent or automatically reject anyone. Instead, it captures verifiable touchpoints throughout the hiring process, from the moment someone books through every follow-up round, so you can confirm that the person you screened is the person you submit.
Here are some practical, low-friction ways to verify candidates before and during your calls.
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Add questions and acknowledgments to your scheduling links
Scheduling links can do more than collect a phone number. Add pre-qualification questions and required acknowledgments at the time of booking.
For example, you can ask candidates to confirm that they will personally participate in the interview and agree not to use AI to generate answers or provide real-time coaching during the call. Clear expectations create accountability before the interview begins.
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I confirm that I will personally participate in this interview and will not use AI to generate answers or provide real-time coaching during the interview.
Require phone number on scheduling links
This is the foundation for everything else. Without a phone number, you can't cross-check time zones, you can't send a verification text, and you have no second channel to reach the candidate. Make phone number a required field on every scheduling link so it's captured before the call ever happens.
Review location activity throughout the interview process
Honeit captures IP-based location activity at key points throughout the interview process, including when a candidate schedules a call, opens an interview link, and joins an interview. You can review activity across multiple touchpoints and decide whether anything is worth a closer look.
For example, if someone booked a call from a Warsaw time zone but their phone number is a US area code (or vice versa), it could be worth a closer look.
A mismatch isn't proof of anything on its own. Candidates may be traveling, working remotely, or using a network that routes through another location. The goal is to give you another verifiable touchpoint, not to score candidates for fraud or automatically reject anyone.
Verify a candidate's phone number with a live text
Use Honeit's in-call text feature to send a short code or text to the candidate's number mid-interview. Ask them to read it back. It takes ten seconds and confirms the phone number on file actually belongs to the person on the call.
Require video and capture a screenshot during interviews
Require candidates to join with video on when appropriate for your interview process. Once the interview begins, you can capture a screenshot and pasted it into the notepad as a reference for later interview stages.
Compare voice across interview stages
Share audio highlights from your call with the hiring manager before their interview with the candidate. A quick listen to the screening call gives them a reference point they can compare with the candidate in later interviews.
Use screen sharing for skills and technical assessments
For technical interviews or skills-based assessments, ask candidates to share their screen. This lets you see how they approach the work in real time and provides additional context around how they complete the task.
A note on candidate experience
The goal isn't to interrogate candidates or treat them with suspicion. The vast majority of people you talk to are exactly who they say they are. These checks work best when they feel like a normal part of the interview process, not an accusation.
Set clear expectations upfront; such as joining with video on or being ready to share their screen during a skills assessment. When candidates know what to expect, verification steps feel routine instead of awkward.
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