For the follow up to an interview, I assume it’s appropriate to write a brief email thanking the interviewer, etc. What should I include? Is this okay even if an interview seemed to have been less than stellar?
Definitely write a note.
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Email a thank you note.
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Be sincere in your compliments.
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Do not write identical thank you notes or ubber generic ones. Each note can end up in your file so either of those will be detrimental in the end.
should I expect a response to these follow-up thank you emails?
also, should I send it directly to the interviewer or the listed “contact person” (recruiting coordinator)
Don’t write thank-yous. This has already been discussed on TLS several times, so I don’t feel like going into detail, but basically evals are submitted before you have time to write thank-yous, so the chance that a thank-you could help you are significantly less than the chance it could hurt you if you make a typo.
This is with respect to screeners right, not callbacks?
Had no idea. Thanks for the help.
I think there is a split of opinion, but pretty sure the majority on TLS says not to send thank yous even after callbacks. Tons of people have had a lot of success in terms of number of offers without sending one thank you.