www.businessinsider.com: When you go on a date with someone you really like, you're going to follow up afterward, she added. The same mentality should apply to post-interview thank-you notes, Firestone said. These are messages to interviewers where the candidate expresses gratitude for their time.
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3. I think this is a no-brainer. Of course it is better to send a thank you note than to not send one. Especially as things are so competitive. There is basically no downside unless the recruiter or interviewer specifically states that they do not want to be bothered. I do wish these unwritten rules of things that give you a leg up would quietly go away. They are great when you know about them, but I find it pretty obnoxious that throughout the interview process we do so many things that neither party actually cares all that deeply about, but if they were not done would somehow signal that you aren’t a good candidate. For instance, at conventions no one wants your resume, but if you don’t bring one you clearly aren’t prepared. No one wants to see your portfolio, but you better bring one. It is really silly. I hope we can find ways to only judge candidates based on the things we actually care about.
Sending a thank you note post interview is something I have always been told to do. I typically do it the next day when I think companies are bound to be going over the interviews from the day before and sending a note might put me back on the front of their minds. Definitely keep it short and sweet. And If I have been apply to tons of places at one time I might send a thank you note to the top three or four places on my list. Places I definitely want to make a a good impression to and express my interest. I have found that if you don't send a note right away and have not heard back from a company in the time they allotted, a thank you note is a good way of poking them and politely saying hey did you forget about me. But I would absolutely not send one later than one week after an interview. I do think that they are kind of going out of style and that fewer companies are expecting candidates to send them. Which, in my mind, means that it is an even better idea to send one so that you are doing something above and beyond that they won't expect.
I’ve always been taught that it is important to send a thank you letter after an interview. It really is just common sense to thank the interviewers and the company for their time. But, there’s a lot that goes with a thank you letter. You only have a certain time period to send it. You don’t want to wait a month after your interview, but you don’t want to send it immediately after you leave. You’ve got to take time to let the interviewer’s thoughts settle. Then, maybe after a few days, you send the email or physical card. Boom, now you’re back in their heads. You also don’t want to write too much or too little. Only saying “thank you” won’t do much. You also don’t want to write a 5-paragraph essay saying thank you either. I’m lucky enough to have learned this stuff in high school from teachers and mentors and it’s a practice I will carry with me for life.
Sending a note after a job interview is something that I know will get you a 50/50 response. I have been told that it can look like you are trying hard to get in somewhere. I have never personally done it, but I would like to give it a try some day. The article does give a lot of good points as to why it is a good idea, even having in consideration that it is a dying practice. It is nice to keep in touch with an interviewer. Little touches like that make it easier to remember people, which is something you want if you are looking for a job. It really is just a matter of repetition and gaining confidence at it. When I was younger it took me several times to memorize Lilo’s opening sequence speech in “Lilo & Stitch”. I did it, and it's something I can do tot his day. I think if I just stuck at writing those thank you letters it wouldn’t feel like an extra step but just part of the process.
To me, this sounds like an absolute no brainer. The article touches on a lot of great points that I think make total sense. For me, I feel like sending a thank you note like this helps the employer to connect your face to your name and it gives them something to remember you by. Especially if they are doing many interviews for the same position, I feel like a nicely written thank you note could help them to separate you from the other applicants, maybe even in the slightest way. For me, any little bit helps and I try to do as much as I can to impress an interviewer. At the end of the day, doing something like this can’t possibly hurt (unless you don’t check it over and there are spelling and grammar mistakes). As my class will be graduating at the end of this year, little tips like this one are great to see to help us prepare to enter the job market.
It seems like it is common sense to send a thank you note after an interview. It is just a nice thing to do to thank the interviewer for their time and consideration. It also just shows that you really are interested in the position that you interviewed for. The only reason not to send a thank you note is if for some reason the people who interviewed you specifically say not to follow up or something like that. I just know that I do it every time because my mom told me to do it the first time and it has gone well every single time. Also one other thing that makes you look good and more interested in the job is that not everyone sends thank you notes anymore. It is just a good practice to get into doing after any kind of job interview.
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