The post job interview period is a job seeker’s last
chance to make himself or herself stand out to the
interviewer and assure the second job interview. To do
this, however, the job interviewer must be sure that
he or she uses the post job interview actions to his
or her best advantage. Most candidates simply write a
standard issue thank you letter, one that thanks the
interviewer for the time, expresses further interest
in the position and invites a second interview. If you
are comfortable simply fitting into the typical
category like that, then you can do the same. If,
however, you would like for your post job interview
efforts to stand out, you can do a little more with
the thank you letter that you send out.
One simple way to make your post job interview
communication stand out is to include something that
the interviewer wants, needs and is interested in. In
other words, a present. Ultimately, your choices will
be constrained by logistics and standards of
appropriateness. What the interviewer would really
like is money, or an expensive present. Since that’s
neither appropriate for you to give or the interviewer
to receive, you will be forced to include something
that is more intangible and less substantial. That
something is information. Again, your choices are
limited by logistics and standards. Logistically
speaking, you don’t have enough familiarity to be one
hundred percent sure what the interviewer will want.
You also want to avoid sending information that is
inappropriate or unprofessional, like links to
pornography sites or a selection of dirty jokes.
Your Post Job Interview Letter Strategy
For these reasons, your best bet for a post job
interview letter addition is something related to a
topic that came up in the interview. If you paid
attention, surely you noticed some topic or subject
that the interviewer paid special attention to or
appeared to be more excited by. Maybe it was during
the interview, as he or she described the job duties
and developments. Or it might have been in the
personal talk before and after the substantive
interview. Use that as your guide for what kind of
informational present to send. Find some piece of
information related to that subject or topic.
In your post job interview letter, be sure to refer to
the reason that you are sending the information. Say
something like, “during our conversation I noticed
that you were interested in my hobby of marathon
running, and said that you’d like to get back into
jogging seriously again. I’ve included the link to my
running club home page. If you’d like to come on one
of our training sessions, we’d be glad to welcome
you.” Including information like this serves to
differentiate yourself from the herd of other
candidates, and shows that you are other-focused.
Additionally, it creates a slight relationship with
the interviewer. Probably not enough of a relationship
to counteract a disastrous interview, but enough to
give you the benefit of the doubt on a so-so one.
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