# To Stop AI Cheating, One Screener Asked Candidates to Answer With Their Eyes Closed.

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Tech candidate · via Moneycontrol

A Full-Stack AI Engineer screening included a mandatory "ECQ" — the Eyes-Closed Question. Candidates were told to close their eyes and switch off screen-share while answering, while interviewers logged "any drop in fluency." Reddit read it as anti-AI proctoring taken to its logical, slightly unhinged end.

*Source: [r/recruitinghell · via Moneycontrol · 2026-08-09](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/ai-techie-asked-to-answer-question-with-eyes-closed-in-interview-never-seen-this-before-13999037.html)*
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