Screen-share privacy
The overlay stays on your display and out of your screen share. The operating system skips it because the window is marked as protected content. You still speak or type every answer yourself. Check the share preview before the call. It does not defeat proctoring software. If an assessment is proctored, follow its rules.
Your screen
What the interviewer sees
The mechanism
Screen-share APIs skip the overlay window because it is marked as protected content. You see it on your display; the shared stream shows the call.
Nothing is being intercepted or spoofed — the OS is doing the excluding, which is why it works consistently across meeting apps rather than needing a per-app workaround.
What the window does
| Layer | What it does |
|---|---|
| Protected content | The overlay is excluded from screen capture and screen share. Screenshot protection is on by default. |
| No Dock or taskbar entry | The app registers no Dock icon on macOS and no taskbar button on Windows. |
| Excluded from Cmd+Tab | On macOS the windows are also excluded from Cmd+Tab and Mission Control. |
| Frameless windows | No title bar and no window chrome to catch the eye. |
| Adjustable opacity | Fade the background while response text stays readable. |
| Click-through | The overlay stops receiving mouse events entirely. |
| Instant hide | One keystroke removes it from your screen. |
| Cursor-safe snips | Region capture never changes your cursor the way OS snip tools do. |
Zoom: pick a window-filtering capture mode
The protected-content flag marks our window — it does not police the app doing the capturing. The exclusion applies wherever that app asks the operating system for a filtered composite, which is what meeting apps normally do. Zoom is the one that hands the choice to you, so it is worth thirty seconds of your attention.
In Zoom, open Settings → Share screen → Advanced and set Screen capture mode to Capture with window filtering. That is the mode where per-window exclusions are honoured. The Advanced capture without window filtering option deliberately skips them, and Auto lets Zoom decide for you.
Verify it yourself
Do this once per meeting app. It takes thirty seconds and it replaces anxiety with knowledge.
- 1
Start a meeting with yourself
Open Zoom, Meet, Teams — whichever the interview will use — and start a call with no other participants. - 2
Start an URHIRED AI session
So the overlay is actually on screen, not just the hub. - 3
Share your screen
Share the same way you will in the interview: full screen or the specific window. - 4
Look at the shared preview
Most apps show you a thumbnail of what you are broadcasting. The overlay should be absent from it. Record a few seconds and play it back if you want to be certain.
What it covers, and what it does not
Screen-share privacy is about the shared stream. You still speak or type every answer yourself. Being precise about the edges:
- Screen share skips the overlay. The window also stays out of the Dock, the taskbar, and the app switcher.
- It does not defeat dedicated proctoring software. If an assessment is proctored, follow its rules.