re: OT's opinion on interviewing with a company for a second time

Salary negotiations and choosing another path are the most common but I’ve also had a few that didn’t pass the background check. Over decades of interviews, I’ve only called two back. I would consider it positive.

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You have leverage. They need/want you. Hear them out and ask plenty of pointed questions. You have nothing to lose.

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True. I interviewed for a director position with one of the top companies in my field. Someone else got the job. A year later, they flew me out to interview for the same position. They had to terminate the woman they hired for passing leads to her husband's business. That was stupid. The senior VP offered me the job on the spot. I turned it down. No hesitation. I had heard things about the company and my tour through the building showed empty desks and closed spaces that a year earlier were occupied. The VP asked me why I bothered coming out to California for the interview. I was upfront and told him that I didn't know if their company was actually in trouble as everything I'd heard was through the grapevine. I wanted to see for myself if it was true, plus, I had let my current employer know that I was going to interview and leveraged it to get offered a substantial raise and management responsibilities.

Point being, if they call you now, maybe it's not really a good thing for you. Be cautious.

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Now, I ask the OT, should I expect any positive hope from a potential employer that has already overlooked me once?

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Yes. My current employer overlooked me the first time around and hired another candidate. 18 months later they realized their mistake and I interviewed again. I’ve been hugely successful with them and make the most money I ever have. Go for it.

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Apparently, I was told by someone who works at the new place, that other person "didn't work out", and the opportunity for the same job has come open again. They reached out to me again, expressing interest.

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Unless you know this person, in today’s PC world no one at the company is likely to tell you anything. It’s impossible to say, the person could have gotten divorced and become an alcoholic, could have died, could have gotten a better job elsewhere, etc.

18 months isn’t even a short time in today’s world, it’s very possible they got a new job to advance themselves.

If you don’t love your job op, there’s almost no reason not to take a new job that’s better and try snd continue to advance your career.

Call Jimmy Sexton.