Thank you notes after any interview!! Every time!!
January 7th, 2008 by the medical sales recruiter
I have a great medical (laboratory or pharma or device or capital equipment) sales candidate who is probably not going to get the job. Why? Because he had a phone interview and did not send a thank you note. The manager set up a face to face interview and the candidate did not send a thank you after that! The manager feels that if the candidate won’t communicate well with him, then they won’t communicate well with their customers (either). Good point. Please don’t let this happen to you.
Also, thank you notes via email are always appropriate. By the time a manager gets the hand written note, he may have decided you weren’t that responsive. This is the age that we live in……
P.S. If you happen to interview via video, remember to send a thank you note for that, too.
