Backed by on-ground numbers like organisations handling nearly half a million to a million candidates a year and operating across 20+ countries, all while interview fraud cases continue to rise sharply.

Opening Keynote — The Interview Integrity Imperative

Sanjoe opened with a wake-up call:

Interview fraud has scaled faster than traditional hiring systems can handle.

Deepfakes. Voice clones. AI-powered impersonation.

What used to be edge cases are now everyday risks—affecting delivery, client trust, and business reputation.

His message was simple:

Integrity is now the backbone of hiring.

To protect it, organisations must redesign interviews with trust at the center, not as an afterthought.

Session 1 — The Synthetic Identity Crisis

Aditee Rele (Microsoft) • Sarosh Shahbuddin (Pindrop) • Sayan Gupta (Talview)

The panel unpacked how GenAI is rewriting the rules of identity.

Fake candidates can now look real, sound real, and even respond convincingly in interviews.

The fraud ecosystem is no longer scrappy—it’s industrialised.

The takeaway:

Companies need layered defenses, interviewer awareness, and tools that can verify identity beyond just a face on a screen.

Session 2 — Inside the Fraud Factory

Jonathan (AMS) • Vikas Dua (Weber Shandwick)

This session felt like hearing frontline dispatches.

Recruiters described:

• Proxy candidates swapping in mid-call

• Lip-syncing answers from hidden prompters

• AI-assisted responses delivered with zero hesitation

Their blunt message:

If you think your organisation is safe, you’re probably not looking closely enough.

Fraud isn’t random anymore—it’s repeatable, scalable, and alarmingly normalised.

Session 3 — Fighting Fire with Fire: Using AI to Secure Interviews

Varun Gautam (Persistent) • Vikas Singh Baghel (HCLTech) • Daniel Callahan (Veremark)

This was the solutions-heavy session.

Here’s how leaders are actually fighting interview fraud today:

HCLTech

Handles 500k–1M candidates a year.

They now use continuous identity authentication from screening → interviews → onboarding.

Why?

Because “every interview is now a security incident.”

Persistent

Treats AI as a core part of its global hiring fabric:

• Authenticity checks

• Interview-to-onboarding continuity

• Risk flagging

• Interviewer education to reduce bias

Varun called this the “humanisation of AI”—tech + judgment working together.

Veremark

Highlights identity as just one pillar of integrity.

Companies are now adopting:

• Pre-hire integrity checks

• Real-time verification during remote work

• Post-hire monitoring in the first 30/60/90 days

Daniel’s warning:

The biggest mistake is underestimating the size of the problem.

Closing Fireside — Enterprise Realities of AI-Driven Fraud

M Kalaa (TCS)

The final chat zoomed out to the enterprise lens.

Key insights:

• Clients now expect “secure-by-design hiring.”

• A single fraudulent hire can jeopardize long-standing customer relationships.

• Interview security is moving from HR to a board-level conversation.

Their message:

Integrity must be everyone’s job—from recruiters to panelists to delivery teams.

Takeaway

Hiring isn’t just about finding the best talent anymore—it’s about verifying the real one. AI + human judgment is now the foundation of secure, high-integrity interviews.

Want to go deeper?

To explore the full discussions and watch the Interview Security Summit sessions, check out our Detailed blog and YouTube playlist.