Standing when someone enters a room?

Question

What is the etiquette for standing when someone enters a room? I'm female and have had male professors stand when I enter and leave.

I also do so in respect for when I'm left waiting for an interviewer--is it standard to stand for an intervieweer if I'm the interviewee? Male or female? (I know it's standard so you can shake hands, but what if you have an interview in which the potential employers switch off, one has to deal with an emergency, etc?)

Thanks.

Answer 1

It is a sign of respect. I was taught as a child that I should stand up when an adult enters the room, and I was also taught to stand when a lady enters the room.

My father-in-law initially thought I stood up when he entered the room because he was a county court judge, but I later explained to him that I would have stood up whether he was a judge or a brick layer. Occupation had nothing to do with it.

If I were an interviewer and somebody came into my office for an interview, I would stand up regardless of whether the interviewee was man or woman.

Answer 2

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/gHn00

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 3

It is proper ( whether you are male or female) to always stand when being introduced to someone. Males will usually (if they are taught this)stand up when a female enters or gets up to leave a room or dinner table as a sign of respect and chivalry.

Hope that helps

Answer 4

It's what you do as a sign of respect. As a woman, if someone higher up the food chain from me comes in, I usually just raise up a little when the men stand.

It's an old fashioned custom, but very nice.

Answer 5

Is this in America? In my opinion, we Americans kind of do our own thing. Definitely, during a job interview you should show enough ambition to stand up.

And, when in doubt, always do the more polite thing and noone will fault you for it.

I really respect you for caring about manners.

Answer 6

Same thing, stand, shake hands and sit when they do. The fact that you are so etiquette aware in this day and age is pleasing to hear, you will go far.

Answer 7

yes, standing when someone is entering the room is really important, because him/ her will fell being respected by the others. i always do that.