-: In my experience as a hiring manager, generally speaking,
if I've invited someone back for a second interview,
it probably means that they did impress me,
but perhaps there are other candidates
that also impressed me.
So, in a sense, the first interview,
this is a little bit crass,
but you're separating the wheat from the chaff.
And now that you've got that sort of cream of the crop
maybe down to two or three candidates,
you're inviting them back to really
dig in a little bit deeper into
maybe their experiences or their personality.
Maybe it's an issue of how they'll mesh with the team.
When I was at Homeland Security,
I hired several people to work at our watch desk,
and personality was a big deal,
because they were there for long hours,
they worked in close proximity,
and often, under circumstances
where emergencies were involved.
So you needed someone who could sort of
handle themselves under pressure.
So I think that that second interview
was a good way to really challenge them a little bit more,
and challenge them in a way that
pits them against those other ideal candidates,
so you can truly identify which is the best.