When listening to a presentation or participating in a conversation, do you ever take notes in a different language than that being spoken?

This question is directed towards those who speak at least two languages (including their native) at a high enough level to work or study in the language.

When listening to a presentation or participating in a conversation, do you ever take notes in a different language than that being spoken? Can you do so? Does it matter if it is your native or target language being spoken?

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Context:

I am a native English speaker with C1 German who lives and works in Germany. We had a task at work to listen to a live interview in German and take notes to later be used for an English-language report. My German coworker and I both took our notes in German, but a native Spanish-speaking coworker (with at least C1 German) took hers in English. She told me that she always takes notes in English when listening to German because the words are shorter.

In this context, having English-language notes actually makes more sense, but I realized that I am actually not capable of doing that. I can't think in two languages at once, and trying to write notes in English would make it basically impossible to follow the interview.

But since then, I have been wondering if this is actually something that most people can do. Can you take notes in a different language than you are listening to? If so, could you always do this, or did it take reaching a very high level of the language first?

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