Reclaiming Your Time: How To Handle Someone Who Talks Over You
Pause. Then Say “As I Was Saying”
This can be effective when the interrupter is very forceful. Stop speaking and let them say what they want to say. Then, do not address what they’ve said in any way. Just let there be an awkward moment of silence and state, “As I was saying.” It brings everyone’s attention – including the interrupter’s – to the fact that that person cut you off. It also undermines whatever they just said, because it shines a new light on it – the light of “You cut me off.”