For the companies that do, why hold second interviews?
- To get a "second opinion" on candidates
- To allow candidates to be assessed by a person with whom they will actually be working
- To assess candidates by more thorough and accurate methods than the traditional one-to-one interview
- To give candidates the chance to see the place where they will be working, and perhaps to meet their ‘new’ colleagues
The second interview itself maybe similar to the first interview: a conversation with one or two interviewers, or perhaps, with a panel however it is likely to differ from the first in the following ways:
- The interview will be more closely related to the work you would do than the first
- Second interviews for work of a technical nature may go into technical questions in greater depth
- You may be interviewed by more senior members of staff: senior personnel and/or line managers
- Your first interviewer will have left notes of any points from that interview which need following up, such as apparent weaknesses or lack of knowledge/motivation. Think about any parts of your first interview which you feel you could have handled better – these will almost certainly come up again!
In one of my more recent appointments, I had SEVEN second interviews – entering the building at 1100 and leaving at 1830 – having met the CEO, COO, Finance Director, Chief of Strategy & various members of the Technology & Product teams. I (finally) got the job.
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