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I will be having my second round of interview this week with the same recruiter but different tech person. I did have an initial interview 2 weeks ago. Between those interviews, I decided to develop a personal website.

So my question is: is it a positive thing to show it in the second interview? Or will I be seen as desperate/petty?

Note: I built the website because they wanted to talk about my commercial experiences. And I honestly didn't remember all of them thus the idea of making my own personal site.

This depends a lot on the level of the position you're interviewing for (assuming of course that you're interviewing for a role that involves building websites).

For an entry or junior level position it could show that you're self driven, and enthusiastic about the work.

For a more senior position it could easily be construed the opposite way - if the best thing you have to talk about is a website you made between interviews then that's not exactly a glowing endorsement of years of experience.

Even for the entry level position I'd wait and see what sort of questions you get asked, and bring it up if (and only if) either

• The interviewer asks a question where the natural answer involves talking about websites you've designed and/or delivered

or

• You get to the "Is there anything you'd like to talk about" part of the interview, and don't feel that you've had a chance to make your technical skills shine through yet.

Yes, if you're excited about showing the site and feel it demonstrates your capabilities.

The site does more than just demonstrate technical skills or document your past experience (although those are definitely things it can do):

• If you've included content (blog, articles, etc.) then you're demonstrating a willingness to document and share your knowledge in a way others can use.
  


• If you include pages about or links to your personal projects, the site enriches your resume by adding depth to accomplishments.
  


• You've gotten at least one page posted, this demonstrates an understanding of web infrastructure and web technologies.
  


• If nothing else, openly sharing your work is an admirable quality in itself. Especially in junior roles, many individuals are entirely unwilling to accept broad review or criticism of their work.