The interview suite uses cookies and active components (e.g. JavaScript) to track users' authentication and authorisation during their use of our sites. We also use cookies to personalise our sites for different users, and for us to understand how our sites are used in order to help us improve them.

Cookies are small text data stored on your device when you visit our sites. You can delete cookies at any time or disable them completely. However, this can result in some functions of the site no longer being available. For information on deleting or disabling cookies, please consult your browser's help function.

Cookies can be categorised as follows:

• Category 1: Necessary cookies. These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around our sites and use their features. These cookies do not gather any information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet. Cookies that fall into this category:
  • provide access to protected areas of our sites;
  • remember preferences and settings for your camera and microphone, so you can use our video recording tools
• Category 2: Convenience cookies. These cookies enable us to improve the usability and performance of our sites. Cookies that fall into this category:
  • keep track of your language and other preferences;
  • detect if you have already seen a message to ensure it doesn’t get shown to you again;
  • store the results of bandwidth and other tests, for optimal performance of our video recording tools
• Category 3: Statistics cookies. These cookies collect information about how you use our sites, to help us improve our products.
• Category 4: Targeted Advertising Cookies. We do not use cookies of this type.

Third-party cookies

Some viasto sites incorporate content and services from other providers, who may also use cookies and active components. viasto has no influence on the processing of personal data by these providers. Please refer to the respective providers' websites for information about the use of cookies and how your data is handled.

Cookies used by viasto: Category 1 (necessary)

Not all cookies are used for for all users. The scope for each cookie defines whether it's used by candidates (job applicants), recruiters (job providers), or both.

Scope: Candidates, Recruiters
Name: sessionid
Category: Necessary
Type: Permanent. This cookie will not be deleted when you close the browser and will be stored for no more than 8 hours (the cookie will be stored for 30 days with the "remember my login" feature).
Purpose: This cookie remembers who you are after you log in, so you can navigate our sites without having to log in again (until you log out or the session expires). Logging in allows you to access pages and records that require authorisation.

Scope: Candidates, Recruiters
Name: csrftoken
Category: Necessary
Type: Permanent. This cookie will not be deleted when you close the browser and will be stored for up to 12 months.
Purpose: This cookie helps prevent malicious websites from impersonating you to send instructions to our sites.

Scope: Recruiters
Name: ember_simple_auth:session
Category: Necessary
Type: Permanent (LocalStorage). This cookie will not be deleted when you close the browser and will be stored until your session expires or you log out.
Purpose: This cookie stores information about your user account after you log in, to personalise the interface according to your account type and organisation.

Cookies used by viasto: Category 2 (convenience)

Scope: Recruiters
Name: viastoPreferredLanguage
Category: convenience
Type: Permanent (LocalStorage). This cookie will not be deleted when you close the browser.
Purpose: This cookie stores information about your language preference, so that you see our sites in your preferred language even after logging out.

Scope: Recruiters
Name: saml_logout
Category: convenience
Type: Permanent (LocalStorage). This cookie is deleted after logging out.
Purpose: When using our SAML Single Sign On feature, this cookie ensures that you don't get automatically logged in again after you log out and your session data is cleared.

Scope: Recruiters
Name: saml_sso_attempted
Category: convenience
Type: Permanent (LocalStorage). This cookie is deleted after a successful SAML Single Sign On.
Purpose: When using our SAML Single Sign On feature, this cookie ensures that a misconfiguration of the SAML Service Provider or Identity Provider can display a clear failure message to you.

Scope: Recruiters
Name: intercom-lou-qmhpox8y, intercom-session-qmhpox8y, intercom-state (LocalStorage)
Category: convenience
Type: Permanent. This cookie may be stored for up to a year before it's deleted.
Purpose: This cookie tracks you for customer support and engagement purposes. It allows us to understand more about you so we can help you quicker when you contact us. It tracks information about the way you use our site. This data is shared with Intercom in the United States of America for this service. This cookie cannot be used to track you when you leave our sites.

Scope: Recruiters, Candidates
Name: ZD- (LocalStorage, several with this prefix)
Category: convenience
Type: Permanent (LocalStorage).
Purpose: This cookie helps identify you when you visit our Knowledge Center, so that you see the articles that are relevant to you. For candidates, this cookie is also used to identify you when you use the in-page support feature. This data is shared with Zendesk in the United States of America for this service.

Scope:Candidates
Name: navigationState
Category: convenience
Type: Permanent (LocalStorage).
Purpose: This cookie tracks your progress through the interview process so you can resume where you left off if you have technical difficulties or close the browser.

Scope:Candidates
Name: HTML5CFEConstrains
Category: convenience
Type: Permanent (LocalStorage).
Purpose: This cookie stores details about the recording settings for your video interview, so that you don't need to repeat equipment or network tests. 

Scope:Candidates
Name: CFEDetectedEngine
Category: convenience
Type: Permanent (LocalStorage).
Purpose: This cookie stores details about the recording technology used during your video interview, so that you don't need to repeat equipment or network tests. 

Cookies used by viasto: Category 3 (statistics)

Scope: Candidates, Recruiters
Name: _pk (several cookies with this prefix)
Category: statistics
Type: Permanent. This cookie may be stored for up to a year before it's deleted.
Purpose: This cookie helps track aggregated usage statistics so we can make improvements to our sites and provide technical support. Your individual activity can only be associated with you if you are a candidate. We only review individual candidate usage activity if you contact our support team for assistance.

Scope: Recruiters
Name: NPS_ (suffix varies)
Category: statistics
Type: Permanent. This cookie may be stored for up to a year before it's deleted.
Purpose: This cookie helps us track when we've already asked for your feedback regarding our sites and products. This data is shared with Wootric in the United States of America for this service. This cookie cannot be used to track you when you leave our sites.