This morning at my daughter's school I was greeted with a giant, computer printed sign taped to the door saying "please finish your cell phone conversation before entering the school." As I walked to her classroom, these signs were posted all down the hallway. After I dropped her off, I pulled into the McDonald's drive thru to get a coffee and noticed a HUGE, ENORMOUS sign saying "please do not use your cell phone in the drive thru." Come to think of it, there were three of them!
One would think its common sense not to be walking our children down the hall of their school while talking on a cell phone. If the school is forced to post signs everywhere asking people to refrain, apparently it's not.
This made me think I should post my own sign to candidates who may go on an interview in the near future to remind them NOT to take their cell phone with them into the interview. There is nothing more inconsiderate and annoying to an interviewer than to have a cellphone ring in the middle of an interview. It's almost as bad to have a phone "vibrate" through an interview as well. My suggestion is to leave your phone in the car or turn it off.
Truth is this goes for those doing the interviewing as well as candidates although I don't recommend you walk into your job interview with a sign saying "please turn off your cell phone during my interview." Some things are better left up to common sense.