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A Job-Interview Video Glitch Is Harmless, Right? Hardly.

The Wall Street Journal

February 20, 2026

When the internet goes even slightly awry, the impact on your professional life could be huge

- BY JACQUELINE RIFKIN AND MELANIE BRUCKS

A Job-Interview Video Glitch Is Harmless, Right? Hardly.

WE ALL know the feeling. You’re on Zoom, meeting with colleagues or catching up with a friend or trying to nail a job interview, when it happens: a freeze, garbled audio, a blank screen.

This story is from the February 20, 2026 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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