A: 1) The reason is about balancing costs and usage patterns, not squeezing buyers. Sherlock runs on infra that incurs a fixed cost whether or not every interview slot is used. We're assuming many customers won’t consume 100% of their allotment right away. When customers commit to a larger volume upfront, it creates predictable revenue, allows us to subsidize early adopters with deeper discounts. Smaller packs would raise our per-unit costs and make this kind of AppSumo pricing unsustainable.

2) Sherlock only monitors where a candidate navigates during the interview - meaning which applications or browser tabs they switch to. If they never open a tab or folder, nothing from it is captured. No personal files or unrelated browsing are monitored. All monitoring is local to the candidate’s device - nothing is stored on Sherlock’s servers. The candidate has full control and can choose whether to share these signals with the interviewer. Sherlock only captures activity signals, never personal content.

3) How would you prevent use of tools like Cluely, InterviewCoder, Deepfakes and so many modalities to cheat. Cluely can read your fully-locked browser screen as well. Please check our website: withsherlock.ai for capabilities.

4) I'm not sure. I think AppSumo team might answer this better.