Excuse Me, I Was Speaking: How to Handle Being Talked Over Without Losing Your Cool (or Your Mind)

By Chere Estrin Not too much shakes me up anymore. OK, someone constantly talking over me is extremely annoying. Why? I feel like I am being run over by a steamroller of ego, wrapped in entitlement, and dusted with a light coating of "I know better than you." And I lose control—of meetings, interviews, or whatnot. I had a colleague who constantly did that until I realized that, lo and behold,...