I’m militant about this. Once an interviewee mentioned they didn’t sleep well (when I asked them how they’re doing). I stopped the interview and insisted on rescheduling it for tomorrow after confirming they were free then. No, I don’t want to evaluate you when you’re bleh. Yes, I will annoy our recruiter.
This industry should know best the difference between wetware and hardware but instead we’re abysmally prone to thinking we have silicon brains.
Y’all. We use the same neurotransmitters that sea urchins use to escape from predators. Take care of that wetware.