Understanding what resources are allowed and prohibited during exams.
TalentScreen exams are designed to assess your real skills in realistic working conditions. This means research is allowed, but plagiarism and unauthorized assistance are strictly prohibited.
You may use official documentation, search engines, your own previous code or notes, and general reference materials like Stack Overflow for understanding concepts or syntax.
Think of it like a real job task. You can look up how a function works or check syntax, but you're expected to write the solution yourself.
Using a calculator, text editor for planning, or drawing tools for diagrams is acceptable. These are standard tools you'd use in a professional setting.
You cannot copy code directly from AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot. You cannot ask another person for help, whether in person, via chat, or on forums. You cannot search for or use existing solutions that directly solve the exam problem.
Posting the exam question to forums, social media, or Q&A sites is prohibited. Sharing your exam link or collaborating with others taking the same exam is grounds for disqualification.
AI detection and plagiarism checks are run on all submissions. Violations result in automatic disqualification and may affect your ability to take future exams.
Reading Stack Overflow answers about general concepts is fine. Copying an answer that solves the exact problem is not. Using documentation examples to understand syntax is fine. Pasting a documentation example as your entire solution is not.
If you're unsure whether something is allowed, ask yourself if you're demonstrating your skills or someone else's. The goal is to see how you approach problems, not how well you can search for existing solutions.
Submissions are analyzed for similarity to known solutions, AI-generated patterns, and code copied from documentation or forums. Unusual typing patterns, identical solutions across candidates, and external collaboration are also flagged for review.
Confirmed violations result in immediate disqualification from the position. Serious or repeated violations may result in being banned from the platform. Employers are notified of violations.
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