Zoom on Mac: switch to Advanced capture
Change one Zoom setting so Interview Pilot stays out of your screen share, then test it before your interview.
Interview Pilot is designed to stay hidden when you share your screen. Zoom on Mac is the one meeting app that needs a setting changed first: in its default Automatic capture mode, Zoom can include windows that other apps keep out of screen shares.
While Zoom is open, Interview Pilot shows a reminder at the top of its window.
Change the setting in Zoom
It takes about 30 seconds, and you only need to do it once.
Open Zoom’s settings
In the Zoom app, click your profile picture, then click Settings.
Go to Share Screen and click Advanced
Choose the Share Screen tab, then click Advanced at the bottom.
The Advanced button is at the bottom of the Share Screen tab. Change Screen capture mode
Under Screen capture mode, change Automatic to Advanced capture with window filtering.
Restart Zoom
Quit Zoom and open it again so the change takes effect.
Test it before your interview
Do a quick test so you know exactly what the interviewer will see.
- Start a Zoom meeting on your Mac.
- Join the same meeting from your phone or another computer.
- Show Interview Pilot with ⌘B, then share your screen on the Mac the way you plan to in the interview.
- On the other device, check that the shared screen doesn’t show Interview Pilot.
The reminder
The reminder appears whenever Zoom is running, even after you’ve changed the setting, because Interview Pilot can’t read Zoom’s settings to check.
- Show me opens the same steps inside Interview Pilot.
- × hides the reminder from then on.
To get the reminder back, open the workspace, go to Tips & Tricks › Invisibility and click Reset next to Re-enable Zoom warning banner.
Other meeting apps
Interview Pilot is designed to stay hidden in other meeting apps without any extra settings, and its protection is updated as those apps change. A quick test share before an important interview is always worth it.
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Install Interview Pilot on Mac
Download the app, move it to Applications, sign in and allow the two permissions it needs to hear your interviews.
Keyboard shortcuts
Show, hide and move Interview Pilot, get answers and add screenshots without touching your mouse, on Mac, Windows and phones with a keyboard.
Copilot can’t hear the interviewer on Mac
If the transcript shows your voice but not the interviewer’s, or stays empty, work through these checks in order.
Still need help?
Email our support team with your device, what you were doing and any message you saw.
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