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If you ask a question, you shouldn't be cutting someone off as they answer it (unless they are rambling). The interviewer should have the courtesy to at least

by LanceH 4y ago

If you ask a question, you shouldn't be cutting someone off as they answer it (unless they are rambling). The interviewer should have the courtesy to at least listen to the answer to the question they asked. If limited time is a problem, schedule more time. During my interviews, if someone answers the question and keeps going, I'll tell them, "I was only looking for xyz, and you got it."

logifail 4y ago
> If limited time is a problem, schedule more time. I'm not sure how realistic that suggestion is. The pool of university applicants is large, the academics' time is short. If you're going to have multiple interviews over multiple days that just throws up even more barriers to entry to those whose parents can't afford travel and accomodation for that. At a broader level, if one can't distinguish between "good" and "not good" in one interview, perhaps one isn't asking the right questions?