if you send a post interview thank you note via email, do we usually get a reply?

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so do interviewers usually reply to a thank you email? I understand they probably wouldnt reply to a card/letter (correct me if I'm wrong), but what about emails? I emailed my interviewer a thank you email after my interview, and she hasn't replied - is that bad? I'd think people would respond to emails, just because its so quick and easy... 😕

 

[freaker]

so do interviewers usually reply to a thank you email? I understand they probably wouldnt reply to a card/letter (correct me if I'm wrong), but what about emails? I emailed my interviewer a thank you email after my interview, and she hasn't replied - is that bad? I'd think people would respond to emails, just because its so quick and easy... 😕

I wouldn't think so. Custom would have it that a thank you note is the final word in a string of correspondence. You were given the favor, and your thank you note is but a sign of your gratitude that in no way obliges or requires any further action. I don't see this changing over e-mail.

 

[drguy22]

i did not get a reply from my email thank you.

 

[runner1979]

I don't think its necessarily a good thing if you get a return email or a bad thing if you don't. Having said that, I've gotten return emails from some of the interviewers I emailed a thank you to and was really confused. In any case, unless they ask a specific follow-up question, I would not return the email. Thank you for Thanking me for my Thank you..... you get the jist.

 

[constructor]

why do you guys do it by e-mail? isn't it generally more effective to handwrite a note and send it in by snailmail? or is that too slow to have any effect?

 

[runner1979]

why do you guys do it by e-mail? isn't it generally more effective to handwrite a note and send it in by snailmail? or is that too slow to have any effect?

Its really a lot easier and convenient for both you and the interviewer to write thank you notes via email. Also, sending via email gets the note there quickly and with the possibililty that it will be read before the interviewer submits his materials to the committee. I interview for my company and almost all hand written thank you's arrive too late to influence a decision and frankly, after the first line, I throw it away. Email is just more convenient and since schools have utilized email to notify you of interviews, I see no problem with using it.

 

[constructor]

that's a good point...thanks.

 

[freaker]

Another suggestion:

If you know who interviewed you, just go ahead and have an addressed envelope and partially completed thank you note ready to go. Drop it off after your interview in either the post box or the interviewers cubbyhole in the mailroom.

 

[medstylee]

1. send the thank you by mail - it's a lot more professional and it shows interest. this is advice i received from an admissions committee member at a med school. send them asap after your interview, also.

2. last year i received responses from a few of the interviewers i wrote thank you letters to. some members like dean frantz at columbia are known for sending replies to every letter you send him. in any case, if you get a reply, i wouldn't read into it too closely (unless it says something about you definitely getting in). i received very nice replies to my letters and i was not accepted to those schools ultimately.

good luck.

 

[superdood]

i got a few thank yous from interviewees. it was a nice gesture, but the evaluation forms were long gone by the time i got them (not that you guys are sending it for brownie points anyways). i didn't reply to any of them but i did think they were very nice.

 

[bewitched1081]

i had to do email thank you notes for one school. only one replied. she was a very sweet lady though.

 

[sunsweet]

thanks everyone for the replies! I feel better now...guess I was reading into it too much 🙂

 

[Pinkertinkle]

Its really a lot easier and convenient for both you and the interviewer to write thank you notes via email. Also, sending via email gets the note there quickly and with the possibililty that it will be read before the interviewer submits his materials to the committee. I interview for my company and almost all hand written thank you's arrive too late to influence a decision and frankly, after the first line, I throw it away. Email is just more convenient and since schools have utilized email to notify you of interviews, I see no problem with using it.

I really don't think the Thank You email is going to effect the decision of the committee, it's more of a formality for politeness than to get another boost for your own application. To that end, I suggest snail mailing them a card.

 

[superdood]

I really don't think the Thank You email is going to effect the decision of the committee, it's more of a formality for politeness than to get another boost for your own application. To that end, I suggest snail mailing them a card.

i agree. the cards are so much nicer because it takes more time. haha, i sound like my girl. as for it making a difference. i don't like suckups. do it out of politeness and not for a boost.