I disable it in emails, in messaging messages, however, I adjust it as I need.

I don't have WhatsApp, the program I use the most is Telegram. In Telegram, only acquaintances can see my status and read notification. But in Telegram, I can preview the message without reading it.

Consider then, that every now and then, I tell the app to mark all the chats read, so, I don't care how all this is considered by the interviewers.