Intro Post

👋 Hey Sumo-lings!

I'm Abhishek Kaushik, Founder & CEO of Sherlock, and I’m thrilled to introduce our product to the AppSumo community! 🕵️‍♂️

🎯 What is Sherlock?

Sherlock is a real-time interview integrity tool that helps employers detect and prevent AI misuse, impersonation, and deepfake cheating during virtual interviews.

As remote hiring becomes the norm, candidates are increasingly using tools like Cluely, InterviewCoder, ChatGPT, and even deepfakes to misrepresent themselves. Sherlock is here to restore trust in the interview process.

🛡️ What Sherlock Does:

🚫 Detects AI tools, impersonation, and unauthorized help

🧠 Uses behavioral and system signals to identify suspicious activity

🎥 Monitors interviews with visual, audio, and environment checks

📊 Generates detailed post-interview reports and real-time alerts

🔗 Seamless Integration

You don’t need to change how you conduct interviews.

Sherlock integrates directly with:

Zoom

Google Meet

Microsoft Teams

Google Calendar

This means any scheduled interview can be automatically converted into a Sherlock-protected session, ensuring authenticity without changing your workflow. 🔐

Whether you're hiring an intern or building a distributed team, Sherlock ensures you're evaluating the actual candidate, not an AI-enhanced version.

💬 We’re excited to bring Sherlock to AppSumo and can’t wait to hear your feedback. Ask us questions, suggest features, or just drop your favorite detective emoji 🕵️ — we’re listening.

Thanks for joining us on this mission to bring integrity back to interviews.

Cheers,

Abhishek Kaushik

Founder & CEO, Sherlock (by WeCP)

🌐 withsherlock.ai

What 3rd party tools is your product critically dependent on?

ChatGPT-4

How many customers do you have today?

3000+

What’s the origin of the idea for your product?

The idea for Sherlock was born out of frustration — not just ours, but that of dozens of hiring managers, recruiters, and founders we spoke to. As AI tools rapidly entered the hiring space, we noticed a dangerous trend: candidates using AI-generated responses, deepfake tools, and even real-time voice modifiers to cheat interviews.

We realized that traditional proctoring and ATS systems weren’t built to detect this new wave of misuse. That’s when we asked ourselves:

“How do we bring back trust in remote interviews?”

That question led to Sherlock — an AI-powered integrity layer for interviews that detects misuse of tools like Cluely, InterviewCoder, ChatGPT overlays, and more. It integrates seamlessly with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Google Calendar to turn any standard interview into a Sherlock-secured session.

We’re passionate about Sherlock because hiring is personal. A bad hire can cost a company months of progress — and a missed opportunity due to unfair practices hurts everyone involved. We believe AI should assist, not mislead, and Sherlock exists to protect fairness, transparency, and authenticity in every hiring interaction.

What problem is your product solving and how?

Sherlock solves a rising and urgent problem in hiring: misuse of AI, deepfakes, and real-time assistance tools during interviews.

Candidates are increasingly using apps like Cluely, InterviewCoder, AI overlays, and even deepfake tools to impersonate or get help during live interviews — making it hard for recruiters to trust what they see on screen. Traditional proctoring tools and ATS platforms aren't equipped to detect this.

What Sherlock does differently:

Detects AI usage and screen overlays during interviews

Integrates directly with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and even Google Calendar — so you can convert any standard meeting into a Sherlock-protected interview

Non-intrusive and privacy-respecting, designed to work in the background without disrupting the candidate experience

Unlike generic proctoring or bloated ATS tools, Sherlock is laser-focused on trust and authenticity in interviews. It’s the first solution of its kind to offer real-time integrity checks without requiring any complex setup or candidate-side installs.

What’s the #1 thing you’re looking to gain from the AppSumo campaign?

Our #1 goal with the AppSumo campaign is to gain real, actionable feedback from early adopters.

Sherlock is tackling a fast-emerging problem — misuse of AI and deepfakes in interviews — and we want to co-build this solution with a community that values innovation and transparency.

Sumo-lings are power users, startup-savvy, and incredibly vocal — which is exactly the kind of feedback loop we’re looking for. We want to understand how Sherlock fits into your hiring processes, what features matter most, and how we can evolve the product to solve your real-world hiring challenges.

And of course, if we earn your word-of-mouth and support along the way — even better!

What are your plans with the customers, cash, and learnings from the AppSumo campaign?

We plan to closely engage with AppSumo users to gather feedback, improve Sherlock, and build a strong early community.

The funds will go into:

Expanding integrations (Zoom, Teams, Meet, ATS tools)

Improving our AI misuse detection

Strengthening onboarding and support