09/09/2026
Did WAEC Bait Us?
Three days ago, I was shortlisted for the WAEC recruitment CBT, and I expected it to be proctored.
I logged in as usual but was suprised as I wasn't asked to share my screen, no audio recording and no camera monitoring and I just thought it was an opportunity to outsmart the system and finish the test on time and not knowing it was likely a bait and a trap was hidden in plane sight.
Before starting, I asked myself: How on earth would WAEC conduct a recruitment exercise without proctoring the test?
I started the exam and was scanning the questions using Google lens to provide immediate answer as copy and paste was impossible and that exactly was the trap.
Embedded on every question number are two QR codes as seen on the screenshots. Whenever Google Lens scanned a question, it also detected the codes. I suspect that each candidate had a uniquely generated code, possibly allowing the system to identify whose question was scanned.
How did I arrive at this conclusion?
I compared the code on my end with another posted by a candidate online. When I scanned his, ....viola.... it produced a different code. This suggested that each candidate might have had a unique identifier and all the codes are the same across all questions.
Software engineering is beautiful.đź’»
You may think you are outsmarting the system when, in reality, you could be shooting yourself in the foot. It was a hard lesson for me.
If you believe you are beating these systems, ask yourself: How many companies have contacted you after you successfully “blasted” their assessment? How many online interviews have you passed using the same approach?
I recently saw a video of someone attempting to manipulate Micro1’s AI interviewer, Zara, by placing a phone beside his computer and reading answers from it.
You might think the AI isn’t intelligent enough to notice because you are still looking towards your screen. But you are attempting to outsmart a multimillion-dollar system. The truth
