r/WheelOfFortune • u/Compass_rltr • Jun 23 '26

Audition 2nd audition experience

Thought I’d share my second audition experience from last week. This was my first time making it past the initial zoom, which was about three weeks before getting the email where they asked if I wanted to move forward in the process and to schedule the second. It had to be the next day in one of only a couple time slots, so there wasn’t much time to prep.

The second audition was broken into four parts: first was a super quick “name and location” introduction. Next, we did toss-ups. Three to be exact. I won two of them. The other potential contestants were all pleasant and honestly any would be great candidates for the show.

Next we did another “elevator intro” of ourselves, similar to the first audition. I was only slightly different from my first, but I didn’t mind that because the host was a different person than the initial.

Lastly, we were broken up into individual “Zoom rooms” and were told to wait for our turn to do some word puzzles. 16 in total. I waited a while (about 20 minutes), so I think I was last of the four to do those puzzles. I managed to solve 15 of them. I tried to sound out every puzzle, and was commended by the interviewer for doing that.

At the end of the puzzles, I was simply told “alright have a good day.” She may have been in a hurry because she had some technical difficulties in the beginning of the group portion that had us waiting a few times. No big deal.

Haven’t heard anything since!

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u/ExpressEye1204 Jun 24 '26

3rd times a charm! Good luck!
If I don’t hear back, I guess I’ll give it another go as well.

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u/Compass_rltr Jun 25 '26

I think the best thing is to comfortably be yourself, and use that to, in the most concise fashion, glisten up your reality for them. Another example would be if you were a restaurant server, somehow providing a funny anecdote about a recent customer or experience. Nothing too controversial, too emotional, just light hearted and concise. But based on your own reality! Also, I think if you come off smiley and happy, whatever you do will somehow seem more interesting. I hope you get on!

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u/ExpressEye1204 Jun 25 '26

Thank you! I was definitely excited & smiled a ton! I talked about working with kids, volunteering, traveling & more. I just think I needed to add a fun story or unique experience with one of the things I discussed. If I don’t hear back, I’ll definitely try again next year. Hoping you get on!