-: Um, a second round interview typically, I say, you've
been deemed qualified, you've made it through
the first filter, so it's not really
about your qualifications anymore.
It's really about who are you as a person?
And then, how do you fit in to that
firm's culture and what they do?
So you need to show an interest in what they do, you need
to show your professional skills as best you can, time
management, project management, and be ready
for questions that go along those lines.
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Typically, you gotta go to the office of the company you're
looking at which is interesting, you kind of get a feel for
what the working environment's like or the culture.
And then, you will typically interview with more
individuals, not necessarily in a group setting, sometimes
in a group setting, but you know, you might have four
individuals that are gonna come speak with you and a lot
of times it's going to be some higher
ranking individuals, so a partner, director.
-: I always tell students if you're going in for a second
interview, that's a great opportunity for you to pretty
much market yourself, so definitely hone in on what your
skills are and how your skills are aligned with the
position that you're applying to.
But I think the second interview is a great opportunity
because that means that they're interested
in something and they wanna learn more.
-: Second round for us is usually trying to get some
interaction with that person, putting them out on the
production, not putting them out on the production floor,
but touring them through the production facility, showing
them some of our processes, seeing if it's, you know,
asking them some a little more in depth questions to see
if they really have the knowledge that
their piece of paper says they do.
-: Well, second round interview, they should know that
they're under serious consideration if they've
been called in for a second round.
Be ready to address more probing questions, discuss the
position in more detail, find out more about the salary
and benefits if the employer offers that.
-: My second round interview's always more technical,
and I have things that I'm trying to
get them to show me that they can do.
Like, I want them to show me that they can think critically.
I want them to show me that they can accept the limit of
their knowledge, that's actually probably the biggest thing.
I'm gonna ask you a question that you don't know the answer
to, I will find that point in the interview,
and if you never acknowledge it, that's a
problem and you won't get a job.
It's totally okay to say "You know what, I don't know the
answer, but here's how I'd find it."
-: What we see is some of the biggest mistakes from round one
to round two is not bringing in any new knowledge, right?
You've gotta learn some things and ask the right questions
in the first round and bring those to the second round.
The other one is answering things kind of the same way.
If you're going to have every answer be tailored to one
idea or one thought and you don't grow or have
anything to expand on that in the second
round, it can really hurt you.
-: The biggest one that comes to mind there
would just be kind of inconsistencies.
So, for instance, you know, I'm taking pretty thorough
notes during the interview process, from the initial
phone screen all the way through the end and so if I see
inconsistencies in there I will ask candidates
about that, so I think that's a big one.
When people come toward the end of the process and they're
just not prepared, they're not asking good questions, it's
kind of a turn off to the companies because it doesn't
seem like that person's really interested and a lot of times
when folks are just taking a job to take it, they're
probably not gonna stick around too long.
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