Follow Up Letter

Everyone who interviewed you. Make sure you collect business cards from everyone during your interview. This way you know the correct spelling of their name and title.

Yes, but this is a rare exception. Sometimes you are asked an unexpected difficult interview question. You do your best to answer it, but on the drive home you say to yourself, why did I say that? What was I thinking?

And then miraculously, you think of the perfect answer and proceed to pound your fists on the steering wheel.

When your follow up letter arrives, the manager will remember you and recollect your interview. Most managers will be impressed you took the time to write them a follow up letter.

After reading your letter, often times the manager will pick up the phone and call human resources to set up a second job interview. If not, your interview follow up letter will be a reminder that it is time to follow up with you. Either way, you win. Every time they glance at your interview follow up letter, they see your name.

No. The general pleasantries in the first paragraph can be the same, but personalize your interview follow up letters by changing 1 or 2 sentences.

Yes, it is fine to send an email these days, however, sending an email does not have the same impact on people. Most people I know get tons of email every day. But how many personal letters end up on your desk these days?

An email follow up letter is fine, but for full impact, take the extra time and send a type written one. It is not necessary to prepare a hand written letter.