Interviewer keeps talking even I asks for time to think

[PeteChiang1211]

Description:

During my mock interviews, I often asked Interviewer for time to think, for example "Let me think for a moment" or "Please give me some time". However, Interviewer kept talking. After only a few seconds, he asked new questions or gave hints, so I could not finish my thinking.

Expected behavior:

When the Interviewee explicitly asks for thinking time, Interviewer should stay quiet until the Interviewee speaks again, or wait much longer before replying.

Actual behavior:

Interviewer continues to ask questions or give hints within a few seconds.

Possible solutions:

1. Detect requests like "let me think" and pause Interviewer's replies.
2. Add a "thinking" button that stops Interviewer from replying until the Interviewee is ready.

[jserv]

Related to #140, which reports the other half of this: Jim starting to reply during a mid-sentence pause. It traces the behavior to DEFAULT_GEMINI_SILENCE_MS in src/config.rs, a 1000 ms silence window, and argues that changing that number alone cannot fix it, since a longer window makes every reply slow.

What this issue adds, and #140 does not cover, is the explicit spoken request for time. #140's proposal, a filling ring plus a key to hand the turn over early, would allow a longer window but would still not honor "let me think" on its own.

#136 asks for a quiet mode built on the same machinery, where the candidate codes without the interviewer nudging.

All three change the same turn-taking rules, so worth reading the other two before proposing an implementation here.

[jserv]

See if PR #192 resolves this issue.