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When I interviewed for this job 3-1/2 years ago, I sent my first e-mail
thank you. Toward the end of the note I purposely asked a question about an
aspect of the position. My reasoning was that if the interviewer actually
took the time to answer my question, it could give me an indication of:
- his politeness quotient
- the likelihood that I would receive an offer
Worked like a charm. He replied to my question with a "you will be ..."
statement, which indicated to me that he was already thinking of me as
working here. The second interview was my job offer!
Karen wrote:
> Or even _if_ you respond to the note. My guess is that there is no
> response
> required for a thank-you note (a thanks-for-thanking-me note?), unless the
>
> interviewer is following up with interview feedback, and is letting you
> know
> the outcome of the search process because you didn't get the job and is
> being kind. If the interviewer wants to request further information to
> prepare for a subsequent interview, he or she should telephone.
>
> I've never sent a thank-you note for an interview. I got this job through
> a
> recruiting company, and I should probably thank my recruiter for being
> such
> a positive force and spending so much time on follow-up (she called me
> this
> week to see how I was doing).
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