>What parent thinks this improves their offspring's chances? I'd eliminate any candidate who did this. I could see boomers doing this. It would serve multiple egotistical purposes for them. Firstly, it would be a direct opportunity to feel superior to everyone in the interview to be the eldest in the room. Secondly, they would get to upstage their children/grandchildren in front of their potential employers and peers which makes boomers feel like they are still relevant. Thirdly, it allows them to directly influence the life course of their kids in ways they never could have done before which feeds the boomer's need to be in total control of everything. And finally, it just becomes about them because we wouldn't be talking about this at all if they didn't make it all about them and their egos. Boomers would definitely do this. No other generation would see this as acceptable of helpful. Boomers would just jump right in because it feeds their egos like nothing else could, other than going on dates with their kids to control that too.