[jacobkg]

Your mention of “uncontrollable distraction” reminds me:

When I was interviewing for my current job, my son was 4 at the time and we were both at home. About 10 minutes into the 30 minute interview he came into my office and proceeded to climb over and around my back for the remaining 20 minutes of the interview.

The fact that my interviewer handled this with total calm impressed the heck out of me, and she later relayed that my ability to continue interviewing while this was going on impressed her as well