I just wanna know, is it normal to go to an interview meeting the 2nd or 3rd time around for the same firm and same vacancy?

Basically, I first applied for an IT role earlier this year, wasn’t offered after attending, applied again a week ago and they are inviting me.

Is this a normal thing? Usually if the first time they see you and you don’t get the offer, they don’t try again with you.

I’m just hoping it won’t be awkward they’re like “Uh… I remember you, didn’t we interview you earlier in the year” sort of questions.

Thank you.

  • @wjriiEnglish
    17•4 months ago

    Just go in on the assumption that you only narrowly missed out last time, and some other consideration, whether a new opening on a similar team, or the previous candidate not working out, has left you in a good spot. It’s been a while since I was doing any hiring, but I often had to pick between people with similar credentials and similarly good interviews. I had to pick somebody, but I would have been happy taking my chances with either candidate and would have been quite relieved if they were still interested when the position opened back up. From the other side, when I first started at my current company, at least four or five of us came on to do the exact same job within a few months of each other, and the difference seems to have come down to how busy the hiring manager was when they first got the budget to bring someone on.