From the article: The Job Interview
Those who give career advice have long told job seekers about the importance of sending a thank you note after an interview. Are they as important as we say they are? Can they make the difference between getting a job and being passed over for one? As a job seeker do you send thank you notes? If you interview job candidates, do you seriously consider whether or not a candidate has sent one when you make hiring decisions? Please share your experience with or thoughts about thank you notes. Share Your Opinion
It is polite to send a thank you note
- Following up with a thank you note after an interview is just polite, good manners. It is not a deciding factor in the interviewer's decision but it is (should be) part of your package as a job seeker, an applicant.
- —Guest Anna
Good Manners-Always Appropriate
- I may be old-fashioned, but there is still something to be said for sending a brief thank-you note after an interview. It shows follow through: that you took the time to look up the mailing address, get a stamp, etc. Even if you don't get that position, that little effort, a classy touch, might jog a hiring person's memory for something else down the road. Besides, since when is it not cool to have good manners?
- —Guest Virginia
They shouldn't matter
- I hesitate to send thank you notes, because the interviewer may be put off (I think I would as an interviewer). I wouldn't want to work for someone that used thank you notes as a deciding factor.
- —Guest Andrea
