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Hi, I've been interviewing quite a few people recently for a remote role and noticed most don't bother turning on their camera. It's a bit awkward but I decided to keep mine on anyway. Is this very common in your experience? I assume they might do it for bias reasons (definitely had women not wanting to get judged because of their appearance and I get that from what I've seen in our field) or just don't feel like it. I didn't push for it as I generally tend to have my team decide by themselves if they turn their camera on during meetings and glad to do as much as possible in Slack. But for a first time meeting people I still find it super hard to... bond with them and then later tell them apart. Or even hire someone without ever having seen their face once. Last time I interviewed people for my team a few years ago I didn't notice this, most just seemed to turn on the cam without having it explicitly stated. EDIT: For the next rounds I'll definitely see that I explicitly state "video call". I was just surprised people don't do this by default but perhaps I'm just becoming boomer :). But there's a "give a talk and we discuss" round anyway, so I hope at least there they'll turn their cam on. I should probably add, this is for a very senior/scientific role, so we also have to meet customers at least virtually, pitch projects, give talks, hold webinars, perhaps go to a conference etc.