I've got a question on conceptualization and mindfulness. I recently went to a job interview and as I noticed the anxiety build up in the body while I was noting and driving to the interview I was okay with anxiety as I noted it and it would disappear. I enjoyed that and my anxious thoughts didn't have much room to move precisely because I looked at everything I was doing like it was an experiment and noting about every 2 seconds.
Now when I got to the office and waited for the interview I got stronger anxiety pangs

and continued to note them but this time I felt like my equanimity was challenged even more but I held it together for the most part. As I met with my interviewers I calmed down more and in the office I got going with the interview. Now that I was talking I wasn't noting at all which is similar to when I'm studying, and actively thinking.
Since my job is in finance and includes mostly conceptual thinking I would like to know from yogis in similar situations and how they deal with noting during conceptual thinking? Do you use less words and more non-verbal noting? (BTW I only use verbal noting in my mind but not out loud). Can it be done (when you're more advanced) at the same time? Or do you just switch quickly between concepts and noting as needed?
Thanks!
Richard