Turn off your cell phone! I, and another guy at work, interviewed someone today for a Java position. So, we’re sitting there talking to him and his cell phone rings. He gets his phone out and presses a button and puts it back. I figure he forgot to turn it off – no biggie. It rings again ~10 minutes later. He presses a button again and puts it back. ~15 minutes later it rings again and he answers it. I hear a woman on the other end ask for him and he asks if she could call back in about an hour. Unbelievable.

If you are on an interview, show the people you are interviewing with some respect and that you really want the job and turn off your cell phone (or leave it in the car). The only reason we could think of to leave it on would be if your wife is pregnant and expecting to deliver soon and even then I would mention it before the interview starts. In an interview, you want to make the best impression you can and that experience REALLY gave a bad impression.

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