Second Interview. How do you prepare? As a career coach, this is a question that I'm
often asked. In today's video, I'm going to address this question from the
perspective of a hiring manager, so stay tuned. Hi everyone. If we haven't been
introduced before, my name is Bill Benoist.
I'm a certified career coach here in Silicon Valley. I upload new career tips
and strategies every Tuesday. So if you're in career transition or you find
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this video and you'll be all set. You won't miss anything moving forward. I
haven't always been a career coach. In fact, prior to taking my coaching
business full-time in 2015, I was a vice president information services for 18
years. And before that, I was manager in the financial services industry for eight
years. During that time, I had my fair share of
interviewing and hiring individuals. And when I look back over those years,
I cannot remember a single instance where I offered a position to someone
after the first interview. There was always two, and in some cases even three
interviews before a offer was made. So you want to know what it was that I was
looking for in that second interview? It wasn't about competence. It was about
compatibility and likability. You see, your competence was already validated
with me after the first interview. In many cases, it was actually validated by
the resume that I received, and in the phone screen that I did with you. Now it's more
about compatibility and likability. Because, you see, I don't want someone on
my team that is going to cause problems. So how
am I going to determine that? Well one of the things that I will do is I'm gonna
go back over your resume. We're gonna go back over some of the accomplishment
statements and I'm gonna be asking some questions that bring out the teamwork and
the collaboration. I want to hear about that. So, what a a good point that you
might want to consider is going back through your resume and going over each
one of the bullet points and thinking about a situation that occurred and a
task that you had to do, and maybe in collaboration with others, and the action
that you all took, and the results that came about that. The positive results
that came about that. And I don't know if you caught this or not that when we
talked about the situation, and the task, and the action, and the results what were
the first letters of each of those words: Situation, Task, Action, Result. Those
letters spell STAR. And, that's what you're going to be when you go into this
second interview. You're gonna be the star because what I want you to do. What
I want you to convey is that you're a professional, that you have no problems,
that you create no problems, and best of all, you're going to solve all of my
problems. Because that's what's going to make me comfortable with you.
Likability, compatibility, not competence, when you're going in for that second
interview. So remember to smile. Oh my gosh, that's so important. Remember to
smile. And, the eye contact. And just make me feel comfortable with you. Make me
realize that by hiring you, you're gonna be a great fit on the team. So I
hope you found this video informative and useful, and if you are currently in
career transition, or maybe you have been struggling with that first interview,
check out the links below. I have a download - The Top Five Interview
Questions that the hiring manager really wants to know about you, and best
practice answers to those questions. And there's also another link in the notes
below. An online course that I offer. It's three hours long. Finding work that fuels
your passion. It's a great course. It will go through the resume, your LinkedIn
profile, interviewing strategies, and even creating a job search strategy. So again,
thank you for stopping by and I will see you in the next video