How to Thank an Employer After a Job Interview
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- How to Thank an Employer After a Job Interview
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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST WAY TO THANK AN EMPLOYER AFTER A JOB INTERVIEW?
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In this short clip, I discuss how job seekers SHOULD thank an employer after a job interview. You can also grab this...
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Hi Everyone! The Thank You Process is vital during the job interview! It can separate you from the other qualified candidates. Please let me know what issues you have with this process and I'll be happy to help you!
How do I send a thank you follow-up to a group
A friend forgot to send the hiring director a thank you email for the interview 5 days ago. Should I tell her to forget about sending the thank you note this late in the game?
What if you had a panel interview do you thanks them all or just a hiring manager?
I truly believe my thank you email sealed the deal. I got the job the very next day!!
So great to hear! 🥳 congratulations!!🎈🎉🍾🎊
I was dead tired last night after my job interview but gathered the last bit of energy i had left to write the thank you email as i watched this then fell asleep in peace. Thank you Andrew for this. It have me the chance to share what i didn't/forgot. The rest is in God's hands now 👼
Good luck 🍀👍 on this!!
Thank you for taking the time to do these videos Andrew. I attended an interview today and did well down to one key tip from another of your videos - that was to bring my answers to the future. Now I'm going to write great personalised follow up mails. Thank you.
Love to hear this!!!
Hey Andrew. I just want to give you a shout out because I just had a big job interview today, which is sort of a lateral move in my company, but with better compensation and environment and a good opportunity for growth. I'm super excited about it and have binge-watched your videos over the last couple of weeks. A few things stood out. #1 I was more prepared than the interviewers - I had notes, a copy of the job description with highlighted sections to talk about my skills and what I can provide in terms of fit and value, I had the top five questions (loved the game changer about success), And I had four anecdotes to turn to when faced with hypothetical "what would you do" or "what have you done" situations. #2 I asked more questions than the interviewers did, and essentially interviewed the panel (and took notes!). and #3 I followed up with a personal thank you email to each of them in the exact format you recommended, and I consulted those notes to populate that information.
It's a job that I really want, and actually really need for not only my well being and life balance, but my family's. I have one question. Did I over do it? This isn't a job that's paying $100k plus, it's probably around $60k, which is more than I earn now, and in that area of the company I work for, it's essentially an entry level job there. So could I have possibly over done it?
Edit: I felt the need to add something about the thank yous. The three interviewers are people that are in the same company, so I have the company directory just like they do in our email system. Is it also good form that I remembered their names well enough to spell them in the company directory in order to email them in upwards of ten hours later? Thanks!
Thank you, Andrew! I just had my phone interview, and used your interview tips from your videos and Interview Intervention. Crafting my snail mail thank-you letter now.
Wonderful!
Thanks Andy for the very direct and concise advice from real life experience. Looks like the street skills are just as important on the internet and email. So great tricks and experience here, especially what you said about 'closers' needing to especially show closing experience in their follow ups - yet be secure and not email too long. Looks like the company pole smoking will never change but don't let it bother you (to the young ppl out there) - see the company polesmoking as an opportunity to make it easier and not harder to seperate you from the crowd. Definitely interesting what andy said about directly mailing physical thank you cards. That's some corporate street shit right there.
So true. Street smarts and courtesy help!!
Hey Andy. I kind of stay inspired watching your videos. They are really helpful and excellent value addition professionally.
Glad you like them!
Hi Andrew, I want to thank you for every second and for every video you make I really appreciate, every video helping me and I become stronger and wise to put the road for my career.
Glad I could help!
Hey Andy! I was able to use 2 of your major interview tips today: emphasize the future and your 5 key questions! Thank you so much!
So glad!
I'm so glad I watched this right after my interview! I quickly sent my thank you letters to my two interviewers and cc'd HR as you suggested! It worked! HR contacted me the next day and said it looks like I have the job! Just have to wait for my soon-to-be boss to call me and officially notify me and send me the official paperwork with the offer(because I asked for it in writing prior to accepting like you suggested). I've been watching your videos and its helped so much! thank you!!! have a great day!
Nyree That's AWESOME! Thanks for sharing. I hope you have a great as well!
Very helpful video. I did this today and sent a personal interview to each member of the interview panel. Wish me luck!
Best of luck!
Thank you Andy - I am going to a second round interview and will definitely use your tips. I always send a personal handwritten thank you - it's a forgotten art and I know people appreciate it.
Wonderful Nadra! Also, make sure to check out my on acing the second interview. It should be easy to find on my channel!
Already done - I love the "Ask Again" tip...
Wow screwed that up! I am so so happy I’ve found your channel, I don’t know how else I would have found out these mistakes 😅
Glad you're here Jessica!!!
Hi Andy ! Thank you so much for sharing this information.. really appreciate it.
You're welcome!
Hey Andy ! Please reply to my email ..thanks
Thank you so much for sharing. Lots of great information regarding Resume and Interview.
You're welcome Selam!
Selam Dimetros
When you said do not send a group email, you saved my butt. Thanks.
You’re welcome!
I am from Singapore. Thank You email reply included my job offer. impressive.
Yeah baby!!!
So great advice, needed this today after final round of job interviews at large tech company. I had another shot of espresso as well Andy.
Go get em!!
@@andylacivita roger that! I used all your goldmine tips in each interview to the best of my ability without sounding corny or fake :-)
I sent today 3 thank you emails after 2nd interview, didn't have the addresses but I managed to get them out of their first and last name, and particularly one of them was a little bit tricky. I think they will be impressed about the fact that I managed to get them. My only mistake was sending them 28 hours after the interview... maybe not perfect but it wasn't so bad either. Thanks so much.
28 hours later is great especially when you didn’t actually have their addresses. All good. Hope it went well!!
@@andylacivita yeeesss !!!!!!!!!!! they made me an offer today !!!!!!!! thanks so much, you are the best
I asked a question you had in if your other videos during an interview for a some what local firm the other day and the hiring manger was very impressed!!! So thank you so much for that, my question however is this:
That was on Thursday, would it be distasteful or unproductive to send a thank you email since it has been a few days?
Useful tip especially the 3rd one
Glad it was helpful!
So after watching a bunch of your videos over the last few days, the one video that I couldn’t find was “How to sell yourself”. If you could do one of these, it would be greatly appreciated. Especially if it’s how to sell yourself in 2-3 lines so we can use it in this template. Thank you for your wonderful videos.
Check out my vid on how to describe yourself in one sentence.
I am fresh out of college and was having trouble verbalizing by experience and competencies on my resume. I watched your videos over cover letters, resumes, and then when I started landing interviews- all your interview videos. After three interviews and a writing exercise, I was offered my dream job. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!! You are doing such amazing work that is truly making a difference.
Vanessa, way to go! I love hearing this. Big congratulations!!
Hi andrew, I used your cover letter video and got the interview yesterday! Crafting my thank letter now!
Love hearing this!!
@@andylacivita thanks! Your are the bomb!
Thanks Shalena!
Hi Andy,
Firstly, I really appreciate the content you've been putting out for us to simplify the process. I just wish I found you sooner. Secondly, I have a question regarding the timing: what if you already missed the 24 hour mark and a couple of days have gone by? Should I still send?
Hey Wil, it’s always better late than never!
A super helpful video! Recently I've followed your advices, concerning a customer service specialist position at an insurance office. Although I haven't got the job, the insurance folx obviously appreciated that I maintained the contact with them.
Another question has been triggered by another recent interview experience.
a) How shall I write a "thank you" letter if my experience was bad?
b) Is it still necessary to do so when the negative experience has taken my further interest away?
Greetings from Budapest!
The thank you note, isn't just about the experience you had, but to make a positive impression on the company and the people. You never know when someone might cross your path again.
Thank you for the advice and inspiration for the thank you e-mail that I just wrote for an interview yesterday.
You're welcome Ronnie!
You’re awesome!!!!
Thanks much Tom!
Here I am on a Wednesday realizing I forgot to send a thank you email from an interview I had on Friday. Granted I had a 5 hour drive immediately after the interview to attend a funeral the next morning, but still not a valid excuse. Oops.
Send it now. Better late than never!!
Excellent Andy! Now we see the modern version of the take from your vintage video.
Question: how long should a thank you email letter be if we email the hiring manager on LinkedIn? Since I do not have the emails and recruiter keeps them confidential, the only way I can thank people is on LinkedIn which I have done for the other folks that interviewed me. But I need to thank the senior manager who is final decision maker.
I would email them to the recruiter and ask the recruiter to forward them!
@@andylacivita thanks!
@andylacivita #bootcamper here! thank you for this reminder!
I do use this format when I send my thank you emails after each interview and when I was a hiring manager myself, I would always be impressed with the candidate who does this after each interview.
Some of my friends have mocked me for doing this because they do not expect hiring managers/interviewers/recruiters to respond to the thank you emails - for me, it is more of doing the right thing by way of professional courtesy because (hopefully) the interviewer has prepared (because I would) and the interviewer has used his/her time to interview me for the role/ if the receiver replies, to me it is a bonus and might be a sign the interview went well or could be just good manners from the interviewer.
Hello Andrew! I had an interview yesterday and then sent a thank you email (from watching other video's of yours) to 2 individuals , separately. Today is Tues. and received an email expressing thanks for the 'thank you email' and requesting referenced of which I sent. This afternoon I received a call from the HR girl that interviewed me and said that she would be out of the office until the 19th of Feb. and that they still had a couple of people to still interview. Yesterday while in the interview I was told that they wanted the candidate to start on the 20th. Should I now send a 'thank you' card'? and if so, what more can I say that I didn't say in the 'thank you email'? Thanks so much for all you do!
If it's a contract make sure you ask the recruiter, "Can you reach out to them and let them know I'm thankful for their time and the interview" or something similar. A good recruiter will do so.
Thank you for the advice. Is this thing applies to every kind of job interview including coffee chat or phone screening? And just interviews with the employer or recruiters in the search firm as well?
Thank you
You’re welcome!!
Does the thank you card have to be received by each panel member within 24 hours, too? Or can you send that a week from the interview? I was told they would get back to me within 2 - 3 weeks so I'm thinking it may be better to send it a week later to remind them of me. Additionally, what do you suggest we put in the handwritten note?
Thank you. 😊
You're welcome 😊
Hello Andrew, what a wonderful channel.
My question is: should the thank you email be sent after each and every interview round? or only after the very first interview with that employer?
Cheers
Eiad
After EVERY round.
Hi Andy, How should I feel when recruiters don't reply to a followup email when they told you that they will get back to you between time frame?
Hi Andy! I was interviewed by three people yesterday. I wasn’t able to get contact info. Like you suggested, I emailed the HR contact who scheduled the interview for contact info but no response. Should I thank the one interviewer whose email I have?
Hi Andrew! Thank YOU so much for all your videos. I have a question about the thank you cards.
If you're interviewed by 7 different people in a day, would you send 7 different cards? And all to the same office address? So that they all get their cards at the same time?
Majid, that's a fantastic question. I would send each person an individual email (assuming you can get their addresses). I would also send each of them a card (but that's me). Candidly, I think it's also good (enough) to send each of them an email and then send your contact (the HR person, recruiter, or whoever is handling the process) a card and address to all. Either way is okay.
Thank you for this video,
I delayed more than a week, sent it anyway 😔.
Hopefully it'll be OK, will update you
Good luck!!
Thank you for reply. ☺️
Haven't heard from them yet.
I'll keep you posted
I didn't get the job,
I tried the post-rejection email 😅
Will keep you posted
Yeah, I disagree with the Friday interview. Not everyone is checking emails on weekends and wants to be bothered by a stranger (I'm from Europe). Sending your thank you will be better Sunday evening, will be less intrusive I think
Thanks for sharing!
Do you have any recommendations on how or if you should follow up if you didn't get the job?
Check out my video on how to get the job after being rejected!!!
Hi Andrew, thank you so much for your tips on this and all the other videos to help job seekers like me to improve our chances of getting hired. I'm addicted to them!
I have a question: for interviews with multiple rounds that go through HR, then hiring manager, then peers, then senior management, would you recommend to send a thank you note to every interviewer ? If so, do I need to tailor the message according to their role ? If yes, how would you recommend to do that, especially on the second part ?
Maria. Yes. Send a thank you message to everyone after every session. I would suggest getting my thank you template. You’ll notice the middle part is the part you want to tailor. You tailor that part based on your connection with them not necessarily their role.
@@andylacivita Thank you Andrew ! As soon as I posted this question, I knew your answer would be yes :D. Make sense to tailor the message based on connection as well. Cheers.
SHAT!!! I screwed that up, my phone interview was Friday and they requested more information for me to send. I was going to send it all at once 😩😩😩
Hang in there Shauna. It will be okay!
Hi Andrew, I am from Singapore.
Great to have you on the channel!
Hi Andrew - Question about sending a thank you card - what if it is a remote team and everyone works from home? I'm not comfortable asking for home addresses. Thank you.
Same now, with this pandemic, sending a card to an empty office won't be seen for.. 6 months? I'm following up with an already-agreed-upon LinkedIn connection, and like always, customizing the request message.
Great advice! I think it was the icing on the cake to proceed to the next round. I got an email back within hours. I was wondering if you do this continuously for every stage of the interview process
You do!!
Even if you’re interviewing with the same person again? Thank you in advance. :)
Brilliant
Thank you!
I just interviewed for a great job opportunity with three board of directors men and HR director. I plan to write an individualized email to each person. Why copy the HR director on each thank you email? She'll get a thank you email herself, plus copied on three more emails???
So she can put them in your HR file.
Would it be ok to use a post card? The job is out of state. I've had a group phone interview, a 2nd group interview on Skype (used my cell during a blizzard/power outage), and now I am waiting for the invitation to fly in for a face-to-face 3rd interview. My thought is that post cards from where I live would be memorable. I would appreciate your thoughts and suggestions.
I would use a folded card. Just make it thoughtful. That will matter more!
How should I request for the email adress of the hiring manager during the interview. Maybe I can ask it to the reqruitment manager but they would not be willing to share this information. Is there a template routine to ask this kind of informations?
I ask for their business card.
Hi, just wonder what line will you use to acquire the interviewer email , some of jobs have only general HR department email
I think I just answered this one on a different video.
Hi, Andrew! I made the mistake of waiting too long to send a thank you email after a phone interview the day before Thanksgiving. I thought sending an email during the holiday break would be inconsiderate. Well, now that I’m here, should I still send the thank you email? If so, do you think I should attach my resume?
Angela, it's always better late than never. You don't need to include the resume. they should already have it!
Love your advice Andy, but not sure about this one. To me a follow up email looks like brown nosing, plus sending unnecessary emails to busy hiring managers isn't a good look. I prefer just to say thank you at the end of the interview and then just wait for feedback (and immediately move on to the next one)
Fair enough. Thank yous, especially a thoughtful thank you note can help a candidate standout.
Make sense to email the talent acquisition person if I don't know the email of the other person .
Yes it does!!
I have thanked my interviewer at the beginning and I have repeated it again at the end. So, I was hesitant to send an email after that.
Sending a thank you email or note is good manners. I carry thank you cards in the car. After the interview, I write a thank you in the car and then go back in and give it to receptionist. For online interviews I send thank you email from my car after the interview.
I didn't send a thank you on the last interview I went on. My last question to the interviewer was 'Is a second interview a part of the process'?. She responded "No we did that during the initial phase of the interview process". I assumed I was an extra person to interview because I applied after the closing date because someone that worked there told me about the job opening. Should I have sent one anyway?
Tom, I would always send a thank you. You never know when your paths may cross again.
Hi Andrew,
What if he kind a bit sick, fell asleep when he got home after interview due to stress in job interview preparation and cold weather. Can he be better to send a thank you message through email than nothing at all? Please reply and thank you Andrew!!!
Yes, absolutely!
Hello .. I’ve requested the download template about an hour ago and I still haven’t received it in my email.
I would check your spam/junk folder. If it's not there, email us at support@milewalk.com!
Hello Andy!
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Can my post-interview thank you letter and thank you card have the exact same content or should I write something completely different in the card? Thank you in advance.
Jessica, make the handwritten card a little more casual. Change it up a bit. :)
Andrew LaCivita hi Andrew, should I restate why I would be a great fit in the card if I already did in my email? If so, how can I make it different? Thank you!!
I interviewed over a week ago and haven't sent anything yet :( But it is state government and I didn't have their emails. I have hunted down their 3 emails. Should I still send a thank you email even though the interview was 2 weeks ago??
(I applied in June and wasn't contacted for interview until October. They said they won't get back to me until late December)
I would send them now Kelsey. Good luck on this!
Unfortunately, I was unable to download your template after receiving the link.
Sorry to hear! I added the link below. Once you fill it out, you'll receive an email with the download from support@milewalkcom. Please be sure to check your folders such as spam. Here's the link, FREE DOWNLOAD: WINNING THANK YOU TEMPLATE: bit.ly/lacivitathankyoutemplate
You should give examples of what to say.
Yassmine, grab the exact download of what to say from this video. There's a link in the description: ua-cam.com/video/HdZ88HljEg8/v-deo.html It's the winning thank you note.
What if you had a long flight home after the job interview and got sick on the plane from the flu going around? Is it too late to still send a thank you email after 24 hours?
It's okay. Send it as soon as you can. Better late than never!
Thanks I sent them out today. Hopefully I have good shot at the job.
Where can I find the template you speak of in this video?
Link is the video description. Good luck!
Great thanks!
If the person has a really irritable attitude even after I've been my most cheerful and tactical, and then does the bait-and-switch and replies that they're just "blitzing through several applications before we make a decision on whether we're hiring or not", all I do is I say that I look forward to actually coming into their office and meeting them. And I don't bother with an emailed thank you. If they're going to treat me like a roll of toilet paper - then that means THEY are the toilet paper roll, not me. This happens in the Household Moving Company industry a lot, because there's just too many moving companies out there competing for each other, and they think all sales reps are the same, or expendable after the busiest moving season. I don't want to launch into a full psychological session with them on fixing their crappy attitude while interviewing me!
I only have contact information for 2 of the 6 people on a panel that interviewed me. How do you suggest I approach this?
You can always reach out to your contact (maybe the hiring manager) and ask if they could help you so you could send a thank you.
Thank you Andrew! That's so helpful! How do you advise going about getting their address for the thank you cards after? My interview was with a community College but I believe the members of the panel are at different locations.
Reach out to your contact who invited you to the interview and ask them. If you are not able to provide their information to you, ask if you can send your thank yous to your contact. Just ask.
Should I follow Up after submitting my resume and how long after?
yes. 7 days.
@@andylacivita Thank you. Your videos have given me confidence I have never had during job searching.
Hi. I have problem. Its been 2 days since my last interview. I also dont know the interviewer's name. But I already said thank you before we end the call. He said he will be endorsing me for my nxt interview. Is this positive? Is it alright to send a thank you letter? Please help me. Thank you.
Sounds like this person is recommending you for the next interview, that's very positive! Try to find out their name, if you can, and send a thank you note.
Crap, well I just sent a thank you email but I didn't say anything about myself... I just thanked them, basically. I thought I "sold" myself enough during the interview...
It's okay Emma. Catch it on the next one!
Would this be ineffective if I send a thank you email 4 days after the interview?
No. Sooner is better, but go ahead and send it!
@@andylacivita it's been a week now and I haven't sent it now. I'm not sure if will be a good idea if I do. What do you think?
this sounds like someone without severe depression can do.
please talk a little bit slowly, for immigrant 🙂or that would be perfect if you add subtitle
I do have subtitles, at the bottom right of the video click the cc icon to enable the captions on your device.
Glad you’re enthusiastic...searching for jobs and playing these games for less than $65k a year is just ridiculous. Feel like life is a “wait your turn” type system and it’s making me depressed.
Few days ago I just had an interview. (3 panels interviewer) everything went smoothly, they seemed very interested in me, many questions they asked me, and at the end of the interview ended with a (joke and laugh), and HR also asked me about my salary, and when could I start working if I got accepted.
and they also say that if Im shortlisted, I will have received feedback from them for at least two weeks or maybe less than two weeks by email or phone call. Bcouse as far as I know they have just opened for this vacancy, and I was the first candidate to be called in for an interview.
please gve me ur opinion on this situation.
I’m not sure how to answer. It looks like you’ll hear from them within 2 weeks. My fingers are crossed for you!!
@@andylacivita tq very much!!!
@@andylacivita I just contacted the company, they said they are still in the process and will notify me again by next week.
@@annlee8265 did you get it
How do you find this thank you email, please share your views Mr. Andy. I will be much obliged.
Greetings,
I wanted to take a second to thank you for your time yesterday. I enjoyed our conversation and learning on the specifics of the role and my mutual fit.
You benefit to have me on board because:
1. In the capacity of COO/Sr. Vice President have handled a very wide portfolio where 25% is attributed to Operations, 25% Supply Chain Design, 25% Logistics & Distribution, 15% Cross Functional Leadership and 10% Recruitment and Training.
2. Have spearheaded the Global Sourcing for the US, Europe, MENA and APAC Regions apart from India Sub Continent.
3. Have a reputation of handling a large team of Senior Professionals and added value in terms of Value Analysis/Value Engineering on the Overall Operations Cost.
In view of the above it sounds like an exciting opportunity, and an opportunity I could succeed and excel in!
I am looking forward to meet Mr. VK Seth Sir as the next step in the process and meanwhile please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions OR concerns.
Thank you again, and I wait to hear from you soon.
Best Regards,
Prashant Sadrani
OSR9
Bull. They never respond. Waste of time. They all Ghost you !
That’s a quadruple shot of espresso.
Haha.