No — Pymetrics does not record your screen in the way a proctored exam does. Pymetrics is a set of short games that measure cognitive and behavioural traits such as attention, risk tolerance, fairness, and decision-making. It is not a knowledge test with a camera watching you, and its standard design does not include webcam proctoring or desktop screen capture.
That does not mean nothing is recorded. Pymetrics collects a different kind of data, and understanding that distinction is more useful than worrying about a camera light.
What Pymetrics actually measures
Pymetrics asks you to play a series of short games — typically around a dozen, each lasting a couple of minutes. Instead of scoring right and wrong answers, the games observe how you behave while playing:
- How quickly you respond to changing rules
- How much risk you accept and how you react to losing
- Whether you keep pushing after repeated failure
- How consistently you allocate resources
- How you respond to feedback within a task
The output is a behavioural profile, which an employer can compare against the profile of people already performing well in that role.
What it collects — and what it does not
Generally not used by Pymetrics:
- Continuous desktop screen recording
- Webcam video proctoring during the games
- Full-browser lockdown exam mechanics
Typically present:
- Interaction and timing data — every click, response, hesitation, and choice in the games. This is the core of the assessment.
- Session and device metadata — standard browser and device information, which is normal for any web application.
- Integrity signals — for example, whether the games were completed in a single sitting, and unusual patterns that suggest someone else is playing or that a script is automating responses.
- Identity verification, if the employer enables an ID step in their configuration.
Some employers add their own browser lockdown or a separate proctoring layer around any online assessment, including game-based ones. If that happens, the invitation will say so — and the platform will normally ask for camera or permission access before starting. If it never asks, it is not recording.
How to approach the games
- Play them as you would actually work. Because the value comes from behaviour rather than "correct" answers, trying to game the pattern usually produces a profile that does not match you — which hurts more later, when the job turns out to be a poor fit.
- Use a mouse rather than a trackpad if you can. Fine motor control matters more than you would expect in reaction-based tasks.
- Take them in one sitting, without distraction. Interruptions and second-screen use can degrade the quality of your responses and may create odd integrity signals.
- Do not let anyone else play. It is detectable in behaviour patterns, and the resulting profile will misrepresent you.
- Expect the questions to feel pointless. That is deliberate; the games are designed to look like nothing is being measured.
If you have a disability, a motor condition, or an accessibility need that affects reaction-based tasks, ask about accommodations before you start. That is a reasonable and standard request.
For employers using game-based assessment
Pymetrics gives you a behavioural signal, not a capability check. That means it works best alongside a role-relevant skills assessment rather than replacing one — games can tell you how someone approaches risk; they cannot tell you whether they can do the job. Sequencing the two so behavioural screening and skills evaluation feed one ranking rather than two separate decisions is where the value compounds. AI candidate evaluation covers that structure, including how to weight different assessment signals into one shortlist.
Always disclose that behavioural data is being collected. Game-based assessment attracts criticism precisely when candidates do not realise they were being profiled.
Bottom line
Pymetrics does not screen-record or web-proctor you in its standard form — it measures how you play short games, capturing response patterns and timing rather than your desktop. Expect interaction data and session metadata, sometimes an identity check if the employer enables one, and no camera unless your invitation says otherwise. Play naturally, use a mouse, take it in one sitting, and ask for accommodations if the tasks do not suit you.