During our 8:30 a.m. speaking slot, a candidate whispered “Hey Siri, define collocation” into his wrist; I paused the timer, documented the integrity breach, and reminded him the only assistant in the room is the one with the seating chart. Anyone else juggling incident forms and deadpan delivery before 9?
Same circus here — now we do a quick wrist check at sign-in and put a little card that says ‘no wearables’ on each desk; the watch bucket is coat check for tattletale wrists. Small caveat: if someone claims medical alerts, we tag it and log the exception. @OP, do you collect them at the door or just enforce theater/airplane mode?
Started giving each candidate a paper wristband with their speaking slot printed on it during ID check — both wrists get shown, watch comes off, band goes on; it oddly scratches the urge to “check the time” without the gadget. We also add a tiny desk tent that says, “If it talks back, it sits out,” and note any glow or tap with minute marks on the rubric. @jblack90, a quick swap-the-watch-for-a-wristband line at sign-in cut most arguments on our end.