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Browser Settings for Chrome

Browser settings for Chrome: how to allow camera and microphone access.

If the browser does not request permissions or shows an error, check the site settings.


Method 1: Quick check for the current site

  1. On the interview page, click the lock icon, or the i icon in a circle, to the left of the address bar.
    Chrome: open the site menu using the lock icon
  2. In the dropdown menu, find the Camera and Microphone sections.
    Chrome: find the camera and microphone sections
  3. Allow should be selected for each device.
  4. If it says Block or Ask, change it to Allow.
  5. Refresh the page.

Method 2: Settings for all sites

  1. Open the Google Chrome browser.
  2. In the upper-right corner, click the three-dot icon, menu, and select Settings.
    Chrome: open browser settings
  3. In the left menu, select Privacy and securitySite settings.
    Chrome: open site settings in the Privacy and security section
  4. Select Camera:
    Chrome: open site settings for the camera
    • Make sure the Sites can ask to use your camera option is selected.
    • If the required site, for example, CompetenceIQ, is in the blocked list, click the trash icon next to it.
      Chrome: remove the site from the camera blocklist
  5. Go back and select Microphone:
    Chrome: open site settings for the microphone
    • Similarly, make sure the Sites can ask to use your microphone option is selected.
    • Remove the site from the blocked list if it is there.
      Chrome: remove the site from the microphone blocklist

After the changes

Refresh the interview page. The browser will request permissions again, click Allow.