Smartwatch on residency interviews, yay/nay?

[samsunimomo]

I've had an apple watch for a while now that I wear in the clinic and hospital; it's super useful for two-step verification, responding to hospital pages/emails w/o fumbling on my phone. It's also super accepted at my institution. Among other things, I was wondering whether it would be acceptable to wear a smartwatch on interviews in general or whether I should stick to a more classic, analog timepiece.

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[wanderingorion]

Don't think it matters. Just have a fly watchband and silence the thing so you aren't distracted

 

[nimbus]

That would never fly where I trained. We all had these.

 

[watermelon master]

When it first came out I would have some reservations but now so many people have apple watches/other smartwatches I wouldn't think it's a problem. That being said you never know what somebody might think and do you really need the watch on for your interview day? I cannot think of a downside of you wearing an analog watch but a very slight possible downside if you wear an apple watch.

 

[libertyyne]

If you dont come in lugging one of these around

You drop to the lowest tier of rank order list.

 

[NickNaylor]

Doesn't matter - smartwatches are everywhere nowadays. For me, personally, I would rather wear a "nicer" analog watch on an interview, but that doesn't mean that wearing a smartwatch is "wrong."

 

[differentiating]

I wore a smartwatch at a few interviews without any issues, and others did as well. I wouldn’t worry about it.

 

[ortnakas]

I think it’s fine as long as you put it on silent/do not disturb. You don’t want to be distracted by it, or appear to be.

 

[LoGo]

If you already have an analog quartz/mechanical watch I’d wear that. It just looks more classic and way better with a suit.

If you don’t own an analog watch, then digital/smart watch it is and it won’t be an issue. Just set it to airplane mode without wifi so all it does is tell time.

 

[MisterKitty]

Could you be any more anal about this process