Remote interviews can be assisted in ways nobody in the call can see. Identity verification tools confirm a face; they do not confirm who is typing or who is whispering in an earpiece. A senior engineer sitting at the same table for two hours removes the question without anyone having to be policed. That is the whole reason this firm exists, and it is why we never add surveillance software on top of the room.
At the door, the examiner asks for a government-issued photo ID, compares the name to the one your ATS gave us and the photo to the person in front of them, and hands it back. The report records one of two outcomes: confirmed, or not confirmed with a one-line reason.
We do not scan, photograph, copy, or transcribe identity documents, and we do not run them against any database. If the ID does not match, the session still runs if the candidate wants it to, and the report says so plainly. What you do with that is your decision.
Every session is run by a senior engineer with at least ten years of production experience, working experience in the stack the role uses, and training on our assessment spine. The same examiner runs every session for a given hiring team wherever possible, so that observations across your candidates come from one calibrated set of eyes.
Examiners do not know the candidate's compensation, previous employers beyond what the exercise requires, or anything else in your ATS. They see a name, a role, and a level.
The assessment spine is fixed. Every candidate for a given team gets the same exercise, the same five dimensions, the same four-level scale, and the same kinds of questions. The rubric is documented at onboarding and shared with you. This is what makes the report defensible: it is a structured record against a stated standard, not an impression.
The report contains observations, not a verdict. Your team makes the employment decision. We recommend running the format past your employment counsel before your first paid session, and we will join that call.
Candidates can request accommodations before the session, and we provide them without noting the request in the report.
Before the session: the candidate's name, the role, the level, and scheduling details, received from your ATS or your recruiter.
During the session: the examiner's written notes and the code the candidate produces. No audio, no video, no screen capture, no keystroke logging.
After the session: the report, the notes, and the code. These are kept for 12 months so that you can refer back to them, then deleted. You can ask us to delete them sooner, and a candidate can ask us what we hold about them at any time.
Never: copies of identity documents, recordings, or one client's observations shared with another client.
Reports and notes are stored in encrypted, access-controlled cloud storage in the United States, with access limited to the examiner and the person who runs the firm.
Onsite Round opened in September 2026 and is a small firm. We do not yet hold a SOC 2 report or ISO 27001 certification. We will complete your security questionnaire in full, sign your NDA and data processing agreement or provide ours, and pursue formal certification when a client requires it as a condition of working together.
Questions or concerns about anything on this page go to hello@onsiteround.com and are answered by a person within one business day.