A remote interview was going to require more than the candidate's word. The interviewer asked him to turn on his laptop camera. Then to join from his phone as well. Then to switch to the back camera. Then to show his workspace. Then, essentially, to show his entire room — all to prove he wasn't cheating.
There is a certain logic to the escalation. Each request is defensible on its own: one camera confirms a face, two cameras confirm a setup, a back camera confirms there is nothing behind the monitor, and a room tour confirms there is nothing outside it. Stack them together and the interview stops being about the candidate's skills and becomes an inventory of the space around him.
The candidate called it the worst interview experience ever. It is hard to argue with the ranking. Somewhere between “turn on your laptop camera” and “now show me the whole room,” the evaluation turned into an interrogation — the kind where the person being interviewed starts to wonder which part of the apartment they forgot to disinfect for the panel.