Has anyone done a second or third interview for a job?

[diabeticman]

All my wife's career life she has never had a multi-level interview. It was usually just the one interview and was either hired or not.

Can anyone suggest what type of questions to prepare for or what type of websites should be looked at.


She is planning on researching the company more this weekend.


Additional questions. Should she bring more resumes?

[hollysmom]

1. had 4 interviews for a consulting job

I waited for a few weeks after that last one, the agent could not give me an answer on the interviews - this would have been a lucrative contract, and eventually I took another job. then they called to schedule my final interview, no one ever said there would be all those interviews, each time I thought it was the end. They said they were disappointed I did not wait because I was doing well. Hey, I needed to take a job and this other job was walking away from me, they needed an answer right away.

[ailsagirl]

2. FOUR interviews? That's ridiculous

And not to let you know you were still in the running is worse. Were any of them panel interviews or all one-on-one? Just curious.

[hollysmom]

3. wall street in the bull market

the first 3 were one on one, I was expecting the 4th to be the same when they told me there would be another interview, but as I walked into the room I saw 6 or 8 people sitting at a table and they hit me with a barrage of questions. I asked the agent why they did not prepare me for this stuff, but they said it was a new client and they had no idea. I have been retired for a while and this happened in the late 80's, so there is a lot I forgot, like what the job was about exactly. AllI remember that I was friendly with this agent from previous assignments and she wanted to bring me in because I was good at being the first person at a client or being brought in to replace a problem person and get on the good side of the client. People liked me back then, what can I say. So she was taking a much smaller share of the money. (agents should take like 25% but a lot try for 50%)

I have no idea why it was so crazy, Like I said the pay was double what I usually got, I know I still needed to be bonded, but it was just to manage a not large application project.

[ailsagirl]

26. Having an interview before a panel is like...

being in front of a firing squad. Just a tad intimidating!

[mrmpa]

32. I had an interview (1st one)......

with 6 interviewers along with 4 other applicants for the job. Fucking nuts.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

10. Just my opinion

If there's another option and I realize usually there isn't, I wouldn't work for a company that requires more than 2 in person interviews. I realize there are odd spots that have people working closely with a number of folks that have conflicting schedules. In a real sense extending the interview process for the convenience of other employees demonstrates that either they don't respect your time or that both no one is really in charge and those with a voice in the matter don't trust each other.

If the only opportunity is multiple interviews then there are no options.
Not to say there aren't exceptions. Now and then integral people have professional or personal emergencies. One of my questions early in the hiring process is for the representative to outline the hiring process and sequence of interviews.

[pinboy3niner]

4. I've always been hired on first interview

But my experience is not recent.

And I can't help wondering, when your every post concerns or mentions "my wife," if this isn't some kind of performance art.

[diabeticman]

6. What is this "performance art" comment? She is the one who I go to for advise. In my mind she is

very smart I come here looking for advise so I can help her as much as she has helped me. Don't like my post you have your ignore option

[DebJ]

5. Always a good idea to bring another copy of your resume along.

I had a second interview a time or two for management positions. Sometimes companies do this after prior disastrous hires, and they want to avoid doing that again. Or when the person responsible for hiring is new to the interviewing/hiring process, and so his superior wants to see what kinds of choices he will make before the actual hire is made. Sometimes companies do this because the open position requires interfacing with different people, maybe different departments, extensively, and each wants a say in the process.

Recently, though, it seems many companies have done this because of the surplus of applicants available, meaning there are more good choices to be hired. So they do an 'elimination' round. Since perhaps that is the case, that should increase your wife's self-confidence, she made it to a second round so she did something well! That's how I felt with second interviews, anyway.

The first time I had a second interview was just for a lowly, almost minimum-wage clerical job in 1973. The job market sucked at that moment in time (a rarity in the greater DC area). 60 people applied for the job, and the new office manager, who had no experience in hiring, actually interviewed almost all 60 applicants. Then he couldn't remember much about people that he thought were possibilities....there were just too many of them to remember distinctly.. so he had to review it with his boss, select another group, and interview again. It turned out that when the final decision came, it was between me and a male applicant. They asked a clerk who I would be working with closely what his choice would be (though I didn't interview with him, he had seen me walk in). Todd said, well, if it's a toss up work wise, hire the one with the legs! I was still wearing very short skirts in those days, and because I am tall all over, including torso, a short skirt made for someone much shorter than me (they didn't make clothes for women my height in those days) was very short indeed. Like, the hem pretty much just hit the seat when I sat down. I wasn't really happy about that when I heard about the decision, but I liked the job, and got several promotions until I was the Office Manager myself, and stayed there 7 years, the longest tenure anywhere.

So, tell her a second interview is something to be happy, excited, and proud about!

[diabeticman]

7. Thanks I will.

[NewJeffCT]

12. good advice on an extra copy of a resume

My rule is that however many people I'm scheduled to meet, I always bring one additional copy of my resume. So, if I'm scheduled to meet four people, I bring five copies of my resume. Many times over the years, I've done well and they say, "Hey, we just want you to meet one more person." You look well prepared if you have an extra copy of your resume handy, and the extra person is usually somebody important in the organization (the hiring manager's boss, or boss' boss)

[RobinA]

8. Always Bring

multiple copies of all paper that could even possibly be relevant, including copies of any totally irrelevant paper
that they have previously asked for, to every interview. Relevant today includes every diploma you have ever earned, every license and certification you have, ID, reference addresses, in some fields lists of courses you took and transcripts, birth certificate, and resume. And that's just what I needed for the job I have now. Why they need a high school diploma when I have a Master's I have no idea. To me it's implied.

[steve2470]

9. ot

May I ask a slightly nosy question ?

How does your wife feel about posting on DU herself ? I'm just curious.

Have a good day and good luck to your wife!

[diabeticman]

14. She thinks she would upset people about her opinions and would probably get banned.

She believe President Obama has done Good as President. Better than Clinton in some regards but he wasn't the "Liberal" person he campaigned as. She feels that the transparency wasn't there like President Obama promised and she doesn't like TPP the idea that he wanted to link Social Security to CPI She hates the whole use of Drones, he has murdered Americans over seas without benefit of a trail.

In her point of view He should have stood with Occupied Wall street movement and she felt he only spoke out and supported gay rights to get elected in his second terms. Where was his voice when prop 8 was happening a few months after the elections. No he couldn't change the vote on prop 8 but he could have shown support for it.

She loves Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren she would love to see more people like them in office.

She thinks Hillary is more of a Wall street "yes man" than an actual voice of the people.

I will tell my wife your well wishes and that you so much.

[steve2470]

16. she won't get banned with those opinions, trust me

As long as she disagrees with people civilly, she'd be fine.

Again, best wishes to you and your wife!

[diabeticman]

22. she rather rant to me and if I want to post that's fine. she and I often talk about posts or

articles on DU.

[Grey]

24. I've said it before,

I like your wife. We think alike on so many issues. I also understand why she feels like she would be "flame bait", too many mine fields around here, to mix my metaphors.

[cwydro]

29. Lol, DM,

I have a close friend who has known me for years.

I frequently will mention what is happening on Du to her, and she usually just rolls her eyes. So I do understand your wife's position.

My friend is a Dem too, but she thinks there's a bunch of ninnies posting here lol. (I'm sure she includes me in that assessment!)

[Yavin4]

11. I had five rounds of interviews once with multiple people each round

and did not get the job.

[NewJeffCT]

13. ouch

I think the most I've had has been four, and the last one was a conference call with a woman that worked offsite, and then third was a short follow-up call with the hiring manager who had additional questions for me. (I ended up getting the job, though.)

Sorry you had to go through that.

[diabeticman]

15. I am sorry you didn't get the job. wow that must have been hard.

[Yavin4]

17. It was back in 2008. The manager wanted to hire me.

But, she couldn't get the money for the position.

[diabeticman]

19. ah, maybe that was a good thing. IF the manager couldn't get the money to fill the postion perhaps

that was a sign that the company wasn't doing well. Are they still in business? If so do you know how big of a turnover or shift has been made with the company?

[Yavin4]

25. They have folks coming and going

The company still around and doing well. That manager left about 2 years later.

[steve2470]

18. The absolute worst, imho, is the "fishbowl interview"

I had to undergo one of those years ago, and you feel like a piece of meat on inspection. Only advantage is you save time from having to be interviewed 3 or 4 times.

[diabeticman]

20. what is a fishbowl interview?

[steve2470]

21. you sit there and several people interview you at the same time, taking turns nt

[diabeticman]

23. Ouch

[Yavin4]

27. Ever have an interview with 2 people but only one of them talks

The one not talking stares at you throughout. I've had that twice.

[Sanity Claws]

28. My experience is that at least 2 interviews are required.

I don't think I've ever been involved in a job search that didn't involve at least a second interview. My experience goes back to the 1980s.

[mnhtnbb]

30. Yes. Not uncommon for certain types of jobs.

Always a good idea to carry extra copies of the resume.

[KamaAina]

31. Yup.

The boss, who is blind, dragged me all the way back to SF (45 miles away) and placed me in front of two sighted colleagues, where my lack of proper neurotypical (i.e. non-Autistic) eye contact became an issue. Now I may never get out of this dump.

[Amishman]

33. very common

For my current job I had seven one-on-one interviews over four different days. (analyst at an IT company)

First was a series of informal interviews at an open house. After the open house, their employees compared notes to put together a profile for each candidate.

A week later they sent me an email and asked me to do an online skills assessment. Three hour timed pressure cooker.

First round of actual interviews, I had three consecutive one-on-one sessions

A week later they had me back for another one-on-one, then a surprise skills test

A few days later they had me back for two more one-on-ones

and the following week they had me back for one last one-on-one.

Then I finally got an offer.