Thank you after a job interview?

Re: Thank you after a job interview?

• melody921 member

  April 2011

  I have always sent a thank you card, by mail, immediately after the interview. You should thank the person for taking the time to meet with you, explain the job, etc. You should also express your enthusiasm once more for the position and end with something like, "I look forward to speaking with you again soon." I think sincerely or thank you are fine closings. Good luck! What's the job?

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

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• sara785Wed138219

  April 2011

  melody921:

  I have always sent a thank you card, by mail, immediately after the interview. You should thank the person for taking the time to meet with you, explain the job, etc. You should also express your enthusiasm once more for the position and end with something like, "I look forward to speaking with you again soon." I think sincerely or thank you are fine closings. Good luck! What's the job?

  Thanks!  It's a Nurse Coordinator position... I seriously feel like it was made for me, so I'm really excited!

  

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• ShoeFanatic614 member

  April 2011

  Definitely, definitely, definitely send one.  You have no idea how rare that is and how well it can go over.  Ditto PP...thank them for meeting with you and reiterate your interest as well as how your skills will be a benefit to their organization.  "Sincerely" is a very appropriate closing.

  GL! 

  

  

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• meg1974 member

  April 2011

  I used to be a job search coach/career counselor at a university, and my advice to job seekers was it depends on the report you built with the interviewer. If you felt a connection with them, a thank you card would be appropriate. But, if it was a very professional interview a formal letter is probably better. I also read that women prefer thank you cards and men prefer letters, but again I think it still depends on how you connected with the interviewer.

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• sara785Wed138219

  April 2011

  Ok, next question:

  It is in the same hospital where I already work.  Should I take the time to send it in the mail?  Do inter-office mail?  Or just give it to the doctor I interviewed with?  (I already work with him fairly closely, and he's really laid back... so I don't think that part would be weird...)

  

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• gniddew

  April 2011

  The general rule of thumb these days is to thank the person in the same manner as you applied.  If you applied electronically (fax or email), send an email.  If you applied by mail, send it by mail.  The exception (one that is almost more of a rule) is if you expect a decision to be made soon - in that case, mail could be too slow, so send an email.  It is perfectly acceptable as a form of communication as long as you are sure to make it formal (written like a handwritten letter would be).
  

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