Something like this happened to me years ago before video interviews. On phone interviews people would pause before every question, mute their line, then unmute

Something like this happened to me years ago before video interviews. On phone interviews people would pause before every question, mute their line, then unmute and answer. This was odd because it happened on about 25% of the calls. A few times they forgot to unmute and we heard multiple voices coaching them in English and the local language. The offshore partner had someone sit in the interview to coach them with the proper answers. Oddly we didn’t change the offshore partner but management figured out some way that the partner stopped doing this. Or at least had interviewers answer fast enough with no lag.