This is very unusual given the scarcity of more experienced candidates. I interviewed a "principal" engineer once. It was supposed to be a technical interview

This is very unusual given the scarcity of more experienced candidates. I interviewed a "principal" engineer once. It was supposed to be a technical interview over Zoom. The guy shows up 10 minutes late, no camera on, tells me he is out running errands, shopping and taking his kid to baseball practice, but can we still talk? Back then I put in more effort, so I tried to ask him some questions. He tells me he "didn't know it was going to be technical." These days, I'd probably just ask him to reschedule. I'm not sure how he even passed the initial phone screen. Most interviewers are bad at it. I'm bad at it.