[TrackerFF]

I remember being in an interview, with a very respected figure/researcher in the local ML/AI scene - had seen some guest lectures/seminars he held at the local Uni., which were excellent.

He was glued to his phone for about 95% of the interview, completely focused on something else. It was quite the letdown.

But I understand that a lot of people really, really loathe doing interviews. Probably stipulated in their work contract that they need to attend to stuff like that.

[ssully]

I had an interview like that last year. It was the third interview that looped in the team lead. The team lead was answering slack messages the whole time and asked me to repeat my answer to questions a handful of times. He apologized and everything, but the bigger issue is you aren't going to remember a candidate for a job when you aren't paying attention so its clearly a waste of time for everyone.

[jandrese]

Sometimes a person had someone they want to hire but due to institutional policy they have to open the position up to the public. So they have to sit through interviews with people they have no intention of hiring just so their colleague can get the job.