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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is clearly a problem with the Asian female and her male colleague.  First, if her English is not native, then they should have known she would need to prepare her remarks instead of doing an off the cuff interview.  Second, if he spoke over as much as it sounds like, then that's more on him than you.  She misheard you, and probably became even more uncomfortable as a result, but she did not A-ask for clarification of the words she didn't understand or B-let you know you had offended her.  She made an assumption and then tried to harm your career because of her mistake.

I find the most disturbing part the fact that your contact and the uni are not supporting you, and she is not calling you to apologize for her mistake.[/quote]

If her English wasn’t native, OP has a greater responsibility to speak clearly and using correct grammar. Using a double negative to silence her and then making no effort to draw her out in the interview is unprofessional…and maybe even racist, we have no way to know. [/quote]

So your rec is op should start speaking slooooowly with extremely straightforward grammar when speaking with professionals whose first language isn’t English? Should go great! [/quote]

No, my recommendation is that she use grammatically accurate English, [i]know the job title and role of the person she’s interviewing[/i], and make an effort when someone is reticent to be sure she hasn’t done something to make it harder for her to be heard like let the loud male colleague take up all the air in the room. All of these are things someone in a college marketing internship would be expected to manage just fine.

But my impression is that OP doesn’t actually care about either the quality of her work or the damage she did to her subject, she only cares that the subject 1. Interpreted that damage in a way that wasn’t favorable to her and 2. Had the nerve to report it.[/quote]

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