Oh yes

So how did the telephone interview go?

Very well, thank you. The interviewer asked me to spend around 15-20 minutes going through my career history. Six minutes later I had gone through over a decade of work. As most of you won't know I speak very slowly. When I give presentations I have to speed up my speech rather than slow it down like most people. Still, I am succinct (sometimes).

This brevity, however, seemed to be well received. The interview proceeded. I don't remember actually getting too much opportunity to sell my skills and experiences but she started to talk about meeting in person.

The interview concluded nicely and I phoned the recruitment agent handling it to give him a debrief.

Although I was pleased at the response I know that being told you've got the job, or the second interview, means nothing. It needs to be a bit firmer.

Three hours later the agent phoned me to arrange a second interview, face-to-face, next Wednesday.