For many job seekers, their after the job interview
plans go about as far as to write a thank you note to
the interviewer, then wait. Unfortunately for these
candidates, this strategy doesn’t move their chances
of hiring forward by much. A thank you note, by
itself, is nice to receive but most interviewers don’t
pay much attention to them. And waiting around for the
interviewer to finally get around to calling you back
takes a rather passive approach, when you should be
actively pursuing your dream job. Instead of taking
this typical path, the truly motivated job seeker will
invest some time and energy to set himself or herself
apart from the crowd. What’s more, he or she will
create a strategy to remain visible to the interviewer
until a hiring decision has been made.
After the job interview, the first thing that a
candidate should do is take a business card from the
interviewer. This card contains the contact details
that the interviewer will need for the other contacts
that the candidate will make. The second task of the e
candidate is to write notes about what kind of
subjects the interviewer appeared to be the most
interested in during the talk. These subjects could
have been business related or deal with some personal
interest of the interviewer. Essentially, these
subjects would be your best guess about what the
interviewer might be interested in learning new
information or tips about from you.
Your After the Job Interview Strategy
When you write your after the job interview thank you
note, you will use this information to guide you to a
piece of information which you can include as a small
informational gift. This gift could be something so in
depth as a publication related to the subject that you
jotted down, or as simple as a list of restaurants or
a contact name and number for a business. But whatever
it is, the point of the exchange is to showcase how
conscientious you are, to show how unselfish you are,
and to teach the interviewer that communications from
you are worth paying attention to because they contain
rewarding information.
In your after the job interview letter, introduce this
information in a natural way that explains why you
sent it. Something like “during our interview you
mentioned the new technology initiative at your
company. That reminds me of an article I recently read
about a company that used similar technology to
improve their processes. I hope you find it as
interesting as I did.” If you do not hear back from
the employer in a timely manner, after a week or two,
feel free to make a quick call or note to whoever is
in charge of the hiring process at the target company.
Typically, this is someone in Human Resources, but it
could be someone else including the person you
interviewed with. Politely introduce yourself and
remind them of who you are. Say that you are still
very interested in the job, but had not received word
of the state of your candidacy.
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