Sample job interview thank you letters can be of some
use to job seekers, since most thank you letters are
quite simple and similar to one another. Consequently,
a good template that gives the basic components of a
job interview thank you letter can be of assistance.
To customize the thank you letter for yourself, simply
cut and paste the body of the letter and substitute
the heading. No job candidate should only rely on the
sample thank you letter all by itself, though. To do
so would be to simply blend in with the rest of the
candidates sending in virtually identical thank you
letters. What’s more, you would be missing out on an
opportunity, probably your last to distinguish
yourself and create a slight advantage over your
competitors for the position.
A sample job interview thank you note should contain
at least three thank you note elements. For starters,
the letter should express gratitude for the interview.
That is, after all, the point of the thank you letter
in the first place. Second, the thank you letter
should reiterate interest in the position. Thirdly,
the thank you letter should invite the recipient to
contact you again for a second interview or more
information. A simple way to write all these would
look something like this: “Thank you for your time and
attention yesterday. I appreciate the chance to learn
more about the company and the opportunity. The more I
learned about the opening, the more excited I am about
the chance to move into such an interesting
opportunity. Please feel free to give me a call at
your convenience so that we can speak again as the
hiring process moves forward.”
More Sample Job Interview Thank You Advice
If your sample job interview thank you letter ended
there, that would be enough to do the very minimum. If
you would like to do more than just the minimum, you
can add an element known as the informational gift to
the thank you note. The informational gift is a piece
of information that you believe the interviewer will
appreciate and find valuable. This information does
not have to be elaborate or particularly life-changing
either. It could be something as simple as a link to
an article online, a list or a contact name and number
that you believe the interviewer could use. You pick
the content of the informational gift based on your
interactions with the interviewer during your talk and
the subjects and topics that appeared to be of most
interest to him or her.
The way that you add this informational gift to your
sample job interview is by prefacing it with an
explanation of how you decided to send it. For
instance, you might write something like this: “During
our talk, you saw that my resume lists marathon
running as a topic and said that you’ve always wanted
to run one yourself someday. I’ve added the name and
contact details for a coach who helped me greatly when
I began training for my first long race. He is very
good at building up runners slowly and I can highly
recommend his professionalism. Good luck and I hope to
speak to you soon.”
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