Do you send thank-you emails after interviewing?

[BrokenVisage]

Thank you smoke signals are a better way to show them you mean business.

 

[bucwylde23]

I don't need to send thank you e-mails. I always get the job on the spot.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

I figure if they want me, they will contact me.

Most of the time I have nothing to say.
My last job, I didn't have my referencing on me when I went in for interview and did apply paper work. So I emailed the HR chick later that day with a thank-you email, as well as the IT Director. I got the job. But I don't think it mattered, because from what I picked up after being hired, is that I already had the job when I came in for the interview.

 

[Modular]

You're an idiot if you don't send a handwritten thank you note after an interview. Think it doesn't matter? You're dead wrong.

You may be the top candidate, but they want to see that you understand etiquette and can follow through with a thank you that means something. I typically take note of something that each interviewer said concerning a question I had in the interview and expound on it. Great way to show them that you really listened, were interested and took note of what they said.

Source: been offered every job I've ever been interviewed for...

 

[nageov3t]

if I was interviewing with some HR guy in his/her 40's or 50's, I'd probably send a thank you email.

interviewing with an IT guy in his 30's, I wouldn't bother.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

thank you email especially for engineers. who the fuck wants a thank you letter. i hate how our graduate writing classes still teach us to send snail mail. seriously? ive conducted interviews and i got thank you emails. i sent thank you emails in the interview process too. get with it. unless you're doing management or some other field, engineers want it simple and an email is good enough.

 

[Gibson486]

thank you email especially for engineers. who the fuck wants a thank you letter. i hate how our graduate writing classes still teach us to send snail mail. seriously? ive conducted interviews and i got thank you emails. i sent thank you emails in the interview process too. get with it. unless you're doing management or some other field, engineers want it simple and an email is good enough.

LOL....one time I agree with guy...

If I interviewed people and they sent me a hand written note via snail mail, i would wonder why he did that and if he knows how to use a computer.

 

[pontifex]

i was told that if you send a thank you letter it helps to keep you fresh in their mind or something liek that.

 

[TechAZ]

You're an idiot if you don't send a handwritten thank you note after an interview. Think it doesn't matter? You're dead wrong.

You may be the top candidate, but they want to see that you understand etiquette and can follow through with a thank you that means something. I typically take note of something that each interviewer said concerning a question I had in the interview and expound on it. Great way to show them that you really listened, were interested and took note of what they said.

Source: been offered every job I've ever been interviewed for...

That is a load of BS, except maybe for a sales job.

Source: I hire people (non HR side), and I've been offered every job I've ever been interviewed for...

 

[ultimatebob]

You're an idiot if you don't send a handwritten thank you note after an interview. Think it doesn't matter? You're dead wrong.

You may be the top candidate, but they want to see that you understand etiquette and can follow through with a thank you that means something. I typically take note of something that each interviewer said concerning a question I had in the interview and expound on it. Great way to show them that you really listened, were interested and took note of what they said.

Source: been offered every job I've ever been interviewed for...

Sorry... but if you sent me a handwritten thank you note to one of the jobs that I currently have open (They're all technology jobs at a high-tech startup company), I would probably think that you're a raving lunatic who's out of touch with the reality of a modern office environment.

Just send me an e-mail and make sure that it doesn't have any typos in it, thanks. If you really want to try getting on my good side, try asking me some questions about anything that didn't make sense to you during the interview. But don't be long-winded about it, since I'm busy. We're thinking about hiring you because we're currently understaffed and don't have time to read a two page life story, duh.

 

[guyver01]

You're an idiot if you don't send a handwritten thank you note after an interview. Think it doesn't matter? You're dead wrong.

You may be the top candidate, but they want to see that you understand etiquette and can follow through with a thank you that means something. I typically take note of something that each interviewer said concerning a question I had in the interview and expound on it. Great way to show them that you really listened, were interested and took note of what they said.

Source: been offered every job I've ever been interviewed for...

You're an idiot if you think you have to kiss ass after an interview. The company wants your skills and abilities. Not your ability to kiss ass. If you know what you're talking about, your ability talks for itself.

Source: been offered every job *i've* ever interviewed for.

 

[alkemyst]

wow...all the recommendations above would be total fail for a company that is hiring at the high end and wants those that love the job they will do and those they will work with.

I am thinking many above are recruiting types/non-hiring managers.

I am thinking if most of the above posted salaries they'd end around the government's median.

 

[alkemyst]

to add: ANYONE that has gotten every job they interviewed for simply was told to interview for that job.

It's much like the guys that have NEVER had to ask someone out and the chick always picked them.

 

[gophins72]

i'd send a short e-mail 3 or 4 sentences, bonus points if you say something that was about the interview or found interesting so that it does not appear as a form letter. and as someone has suggested, no spelling or grammatical errors.

whether it was perceived as ass-kissing or not, i'd still do it because i feel it is good etiquette. i made the decision long ago that if i do what i feel is the right thing and people judge me negatively for it then the hell with them.

 

[silverpig]

Don't send a generic "thank you for your time, I enjoyed interviewing and hope to hear back from you in the future" email. It's useless.

You SHOULD send one only IF there is a good reason to. If you are following up on some information you connected with the interviewer on for example. This is generally the stuff that comes up in the "BS-ing around" part of the interview where you talk about hobbies, current events, or whatever.

You: Oh, I'm really interested in <x>.
Interviewer: Really? Me too. I <x> quite regularly but am having some issues with <y>.
You: Yeah I had that same problem but I found an article which helped me with it. It said <z>.
Interviewer: I'd love to read that.

Definitely email in this instance.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I think sending a thank you note, besides being good etiquette, shows you are at least literate. I'm assuming you know how to use spell check just in case.

Over the years, I've been continually amazed and, a little depressed, over the sheer number of professionals who are all but illiterate. I'm not talking about the slips in grammar or spelling that anyone might make when in a hurry. I'm talking about having such poor spelling that the intent of their emails is obscured. One of HR's few redeeming qualities is that most are indeed literate.

 

[Herr Kutz]

Well since someone bumped this I might as well let everyone know how it went. I didn't send a thank you, and I got a call back last week and now have an internship for the summer.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Congrats!

 

[Leros]

Nope. I always figured that it would look like an attempt at ass kissing, which would make me look desperate, which makes look like a worse candidate.

 

[TridenT]

Never been interviewed, so I never had to.

That said, if I do get an interview at some place where they check email... yes, I will be.

 

[Juked07]

Depends on the culture of the firm/industry, but in my case, yes, and not doing so would have been considered a mistake.

 

[HAL9000]

It depends what I'm interviewing for. A big career job? Yes. A job at McDonalds? No

 

[TridenT]

Depends on the culture of the firm/industry, but in my case, yes, and not doing so would have been considered a mistake.

Care to elaborate?

Would you send a thank you to a government hiring manager?

 

[Juked07]

Care to elaborate?

Would you send a thank you to a government hiring manager?

To expand on what I meant before, I did a lot of interviewing at firms where the people that interview you (not HR) think a fair amount of themselves and sort of demand respect. They think entry level people are worthless until proven otherwise, and interview candidates are even lower on the ladder. I ended up accepting an offer from a firm that has a much better culture, in my opinion, but that's just what the cultural norm is in this industry. (In case it matters to you for some reason, which I don't expect, these are mostly finance positions in big firms in NYC).

I probably would send one to a government hiring manager, but I wouldn't expect it to be a big deal if I didn't. I would expect the culture to be more lax

 

[I Saw OJ]

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