Interview Protocol Question (Job update page 2)

February 08, 2018, 09:07 PM

Ronin1069

Thanks all!

This is everything I've been looking for, and it comes with a nice vehicle as well.

As an aside, I received positive feedback on the thank you notes, I did NOT send one to the gentleman with whom I did not meet.

February 08, 2018, 10:44 PM

Dallas239

First, Congrats to Ronin on the new job. You deserve it. And new jobs are great.

quote:
Originally posted by TXJIM:
You don't know him or his mom and you never met him. I would leave it alone.

As to thank you notes in general, I don't see the point. They have already judged you on your merits and a decision is probably already made. You either got the job already or you didn't. No one in the history of interviewing has gotten a job, or lost one, based on a thank you note.

If you are just a thank you note type of person and would send one for non interview related interactions with strangers then have at it. If you are sending because you think you should as part of some interview protocol then skip them all together.

Second, I think it varies by industry. I was on the recruiting committee at my last place, and must have done hundreds of formal and informal interviews over the last few years. I got every type of thank-you note. I got zero in time to influence my feedback, even if they would have (they wouldn't have). Many were generic, some picked out some bit of our conversation, some seemed like party tricks, reciting every single thing we talked about verbatim. But none changed a yes to a no or vice versa. For my current position, I got a call from the recruiter an hour after I'd left the office wanting to talk about the offer. Perhaps in a drawn out hiring process this could make a difference.

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February 08, 2018, 10:59 PM

sns3guppy

quote:
Originally posted by Ronin1069:
Yesterday I spent the day in Jersey (they flew me in) for final interviews with a company.

I am sending handwritten "Thank You" notes to the 7 people I met with yesterday, including the assistant I was working with the past two weeks.

Question - I was supposed to meet with the President of the company but he had to cancel at the last minute because his mom died.

Do I send him a note acknowledging that I regret missing the opportunity of meeting with him and offer my sympathies regarding the death of his mom?

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No.

The purpose of a follow-up thank-you is to keep you fresh in their memory. If you didn't meet, you become just one more piece of mail he has to throw away. That's a negative.

I wouldn't get to carried away with thank you cards. One is a nice touch; one to everyone you met is a bit of overkill.

February 09, 2018, 01:58 AM

deepocean

Congratulations!

February 09, 2018, 02:21 AM

sigmoid

I always try to double check my motive for doing things like this.
If any doubt, I don't.

February 09, 2018, 03:26 AM

Rey HRH

Hey, congratulations!

I wish you much success and happiness.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.

February 09, 2018, 06:02 AM

Ronin1069

quote:
Originally posted by sigmoid:
I always try to double check my motive for doing things like this.
If any doubt, I don't.

Agreed!

February 09, 2018, 01:01 PM

wolfe 21

Congratulations. Hope this one is a better fit.

February 09, 2018, 03:16 PM

ShouldBFishin

Congratulations - that's great news!

February 09, 2018, 06:20 PM

tatortodd

quote:
Originally posted by Ronin1069:
…and scene!

After all of the above, the offer has been extended and I have accepted. A good day today!

Back to work February 19th.

February 09, 2018, 06:34 PM

Jimbo54

Congrats Ronin. I hope the new job is everything you hoped it would be and more.

Jim

February 09, 2018, 06:42 PM

mikeyspizza

Congrats and good luck with the move!

February 09, 2018, 09:28 PM

matthew03

quote:
Originally posted by Ronin1069:
…and scene!

After all of the above, the offer has been extended and I have accepted. A good day today!

Back to work February 19th.

YES!!! Congrats Sir, with that kind of interview process I am assuming the job is lucrative, challenging, and something you are looking forward to.