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I retired 23 years ago so I haven't had to be interviewed or interview anyone. When I did it was face-to-face and it made it more personal. I do understand a lot of business, especially interviews, takes place over Zoom but even so when you're being interviewed both you and the interviewer need to show common courtesy and respect toward each other and that means putting the phone away, close any computer programs, documents, tabs, etc. that don't pertain to the business between the two of you.

I'm a person who believes in being tactful with people but when they're being disrespectful of or towards me I would call them out and I didn't care who they were. In True Dough's opening post, what I would have done when I saw people paying attention to their phones is say "One of my strengths is I pay attention to people when they're talking and I can resist the temptation of having to look at my phone or computer." In an interview, I might not get the job or on the other hand the fact that called them out on it might impress them knowing they weren't getting a Yes Man.