The Second Interview

Getting hired, promoted and paid properly, step by step

Priyanka Sodhi2 episodes1 min of audio34 playsEpisodic

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S1 · E2Sep 6, 20260:4321 plays Preview

Asking for the raise in the same meeting

A listener in Calgary was praised in her review but offered nothing. Priyanka and an HR director explain how to ask for a raise on the spot, with numbers and a script.

S1 · E1Jan 9, 20260:4513 plays Members

Why your CV gets seven seconds

Priyanka explains what a recruiter actually looks at in the first seven seconds of a CV, then rewrites a listener's summary live so it survives the first glance.

About the show

The Second Interview is a weekly careers show from Toronto hosted by Priyanka Sodhi, a recruiter of twelve years who has read more CVs than she would like to admit. The show is for people in the middle of their working lives, not graduates, not executives, who are changing jobs, chasing a promotion or trying to get paid what their colleagues are paid. Each episode is 30 minutes and built around one listener's situation, with Priyanka talking through exactly what a hiring manager is thinking on the other side of the table. Every few weeks she brings on someone from the other side, an HR director, a hiring manager, a salary negotiator, and asks them the questions candidates never get to ask. Expect specific scripts you can borrow, honest talk about bias and luck, and a recurring segment where Priyanka rewrites a listener's CV summary live. Warm, direct, and allergic to buzzwords.

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