Interviewer not turning on Camera

You shouldn't take offense. He may just be a dude who didn't even wash his face while working remotely and be conscious about turning on the camera.

Majority of Indian interviewers never turn on camera! 🙃

Interviewers in India (from poor work cultures) often feel like they already own you That is also the mentality they'll have when they hire you

Everytime I take an interview, I switch on my camera first. Ensure that the candidate knows that it’s okay if they drop from the call due to a tech issue or network issue and that they can rejoin and if not the interview will be rescheduled. I also recommend that they get some water, and if not they can pause the interview and go get a glass of water whenever they need. Lastly, since it’s a virtual interview there might be instances of a bell ringing or someone walking in and it’s absolutely fine to answer them.

Just be human overall. Don’t need rehearsed answers and a grilling session. It’s a connect to know you and let’s focus on that.

As an interviewer, we expect the candidate to turn on their camera as part of the process so we’re sure nobody else is taking it on their behalf.

That said, it’s basic etiquette to do the same as an interviewer when requesting the interviewee to turn on theirs.

Yeah mate! I thought to mention “it would be great if you had your camera turned on”
But didn’t say it coz i felt it would have sounded condescending.

Interviews are 2 way street. They evaluate you, you evaluate them.
At the end, before you join, you decide if you want to work with the people who have interviewed you. Do you like them etc.

Some people are new to interviews and they may not realise these things. If you feel seeing their face is important for you, Just ask them to turn on their camera. It could also turn out to be genuine reasons like low internet connection etc. But, if they refuse and show attitude, it shows more about them than about you, and you'd probably not wanna work with such a person

It's definitely impolite and not a good look. That said, do write a review about your interview on glassdoor, ambitionbox etc when the process is over so that this practice can be curbed

Because it is not mandatory for Interviewer but for candidate it is used as a proof of Identity.

I too agree, if the interview panelist is Indians they don't come online. HR is only concerned with the feedback and least concerned ok these approaches. But if the panelist has people from outside India, then there are chances that most of the panelist will come on videos including the Indian counterpart.