Using a copilot with Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams

A copilot runs next to the meeting app

Most copilots do not join your meeting as a bot or install a plugin. They run beside Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams and listen to the interviewer's audio, either through system audio (a desktop app) or a microphone (a browser tab or phone).

So the meeting app matters less than people think. What changes from app to app is how you join (a desktop client or a browser tab), how screen sharing works, and where the audio goes. Learn those three things for the app your interviewer picked.

Screen sharing is the part that matters

All three apps let you share your whole screen or a single window. Google Meet in a browser can also share a single tab. The choice decides what the interviewer sees.

• Browser copilot: its floating window is part of your screen. Share one window or one tab, never the entire screen.
• Desktop app with screen-share exclusion: the operating system leaves the answer window out of the share, so the meeting app shows what is behind it, even on a full-screen share.
• Phone app: nothing on the phone appears in the share at all.

None of these hides anything from your webcam, a person in the room, or proctoring software that checks running apps. Plan around that, not around what a share shows.

Notes for each app

Zoom

Join from the Zoom desktop client if you can, since it is what most people test with. If the interviewer asks you to share code or a document, pick the specific window rather than the whole screen.

Google Meet

Meet runs in the browser. If your copilot also runs in a browser tab, keep the two in separate windows so you can share the Meet-side window or a single tab cleanly.

Microsoft Teams

Teams can run as a desktop app or in a browser. Company interviews often use the desktop app with a guest link. Join the test call the same way you will join the real one, because the audio settings live in different places.

Webex and other meeting apps work the same way: the copilot listens to the audio, and screen sharing is what you need to plan.

Get the audio right

Open the audio settings in the meeting app before the call and check which speaker and microphone it uses. A desktop copilot listening to system audio usually hears the call whichever speaker you choose. A microphone-based copilot needs the call to come out of speakers it can hear.

Turn off other apps that play sound: music, video tabs, chat notifications. They end up in the live transcript and confuse the copilot. If the interviewer's audio cuts in and out, the transcript will too, so a wired connection or sitting closer to your router helps more than any setting.

Window placement and eye contact

Put the answer window at the top of your screen, just under the camera. Your eyes stay close to the lens, and a glance reads as thinking, not reading. Make the text large enough to read at a glance, and keep answers short so you are not scrolling.

Move the meeting app's video tiles near the camera too. Looking at the interviewer's face, not the copilot, should be your default.

Run a ten-minute test call

1. Start a meeting with a friend on the same app, on the same computer you will use.
2. Share your screen the way you plan to in the interview. Ask your friend to describe exactly what they see.
3. Have them ask three questions. Check that the transcript is right and the suggestion arrives in time to help.
4. Ask a follow-up to see if the copilot keeps the thread.
5. Note anything that went wrong and fix it now.

Before any of this, check the employer's rules. Some allow AI help and some ban it. Ask the recruiter if unsure, and if it is banned, do not use one.

How OphyAI works with these apps

OphyAI's Interview Copilot works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex with no plugins. In the browser it uses Whisper Mode, a private picture-in-picture window, so share one tab or window. In the Mac and Windows desktop app the answer window is left out of screen sharing and recording by the operating system, and the Teleprompter layout keeps one beat at a time near the top of the screen. Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Space shows or hides the window.

OphyAI has setup guides for Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. See the OphyAI profile for plans, and the setup checklist for the day.