<p>Bandie Mom: Exactly as I posted earlier. My company had to write a company policy a few years ago that only the applicant can be in the interview, not a parent, spouse etc. Another manager told me that he had gotten a phone call from the mother of one of his staff telling him to ease up on her son. The son was feeling stressed and was unhappy about a less than stellar evaluation. This manager’s response was “It is time you let your son grow up” and he hung up the phone. The employee was 25 years old and a college graduate.</p>