I'm landing 1st interviews but not 2nd. How do I stand out to employers in remote interviews?

If you’re not making it past the recruiter screen, this usually means you need to work on your storytelling and communication. Which, fortunately, can be vastly improved with some basic prep. Here’s a wonderful framework: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-pass-any-first-round-interview

Practice is also extremely helpful. Find a job search buddy, and do some mock interviews together focused on specific roles you’re considering. Doing a dry run will help you figure out your story, and identify blind spots before the stakes are high.

The best interviewing advice I ever received was when I was in Sales: always close your interviewer. Your final question should pivot away from asking about the company or opportunity, and instead start shifting to the next steps. Something like, "Based on our conversation today, is there any additional information I can provide about my experience that would move me on to the next step?" This gives the interviewer a chance to provide feedback on what they like about your experience, or even give feedback on what you might be missing in your resume that is causing them to hesitate. If it's the latter, it gives you one last chance to position yourself favorably and share that one last anecdote that could get them excited about your candidacy, and at least move you on to the next round to learn more.

 It's a legit question though I need more context to give you specific feedback. When you say 1st interviews, I assume you mean with the recruiter rather than the hiring manager. Sounds like your resume is good enough to entice them, but there's something going on in your interview answers that's not connecting the dots.

How do you respond to questions - do you convince them that you have done the work you claim, do you provide enough depth and detail, do you show results and outcomes, do you persuade them that your past experience translates to future results? Without knowing any of that, I can't really provide you a good answer.

Please respond below or if you want to do it privately, feel free to ping me directly on LinkedIn, maybe we can dig into this.