Sending a "thank you" after an interview....??

[sunnyeyedme]

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I guess I just wanted to start a thread about sending a thank you email to people who conducted your interview. I have just never heard it really talked about and I don't really know if it is appropriate or not. I was thinking about it a lot today because I just had an interview yesterday and the professor interviewing me gave me some really great advice about a particular topic. So I sent her a follow up email today thanking her again for the advice and saying how nice it was to meet her.

Anyways, now I am just really wondering if it was appropriate... whether it could help me or hurt me since I am still being considered for acceptance. I just wanted to get some opinions on this. Like I said, I've never really seen this discussed. What do you guys think? Is this something you guys have ever done or would you recommend it?

 

[UES Girl]

I guess I just wanted to start a thread about sending a thank you email to people who conducted your interview. I have just never heard it really talked about and I don't really know if it is appropriate or not. I was thinking about it a lot today because I just had an interview yesterday and the professor interviewing me gave me some really great advice about a particular topic. So I sent her a follow up email today thanking her again for the advice and saying how nice it was to meet her.

Anyways, now I am just really wondering if it was appropriate... whether it could help me or hurt me since I am still being considered for acceptance. I just wanted to get some opinions on this. Like I said, I've never really seen this discussed. What do you guys think? Is this something you guys have ever done or would you recommend it?

I've done it and it's very appropriate. I've sent a written card though to signify what I wanted to say, but email is very thoughtful too. It's a kind and polite thing to do and looked favorably at by interviewers.

 

[Pharmgrlnxdor]

A nicely worded thank you note is professional and courteous. It also gives you a chance to put your name in front of the interviewer again in a subtle way. Don't worry about it at all, it was a good idea.

This is coming from someone who has interviewed over 100+ people in her corporate career. Curiously enough, whenever I received a thank you note for an interview, it was usually from the one person that really stood out and was the best candidate for the job...and it only served to reinforce my already positive opinion of that person. So, I think you probably have a good shot at getting in to that school. A good interview is hard for an interviewer to overlook.

 

[myska]

I sent thank you e-mails to the people I interviewed with, though I don't know if it helped or not. To me, it just seems to be the polite thing to do.

[and I got in, so who knows?]

 

[Dreamer57]

I sent thank you e-mails to the people I interviewed with, though I don't know if it helped or not. To me, it just seems to be the polite thing to do.

[and I got in, so who knows?]

I sent a written card this weekend. In or not I wanted to thank my interviewer 🙂

 

[medicalCPA]

I've done it and it's very appropriate. I've sent a written card though to signify what I wanted to say, but email is very thoughtful too. It's a kind and polite thing to do and looked favorably at by interviewers.

On an unrelated note...After my pharmacology block this semester, I understand the equation in your sig! 😀

 

[Farmercyst]

Of the 20+ interviews I've done, I've gotten one thank-you email. It's not common practice, nor is it expected by me. My evaluation is long since submitted before I get anything from you, so I can't give you any additional bonus points, even if I want to. So, from my perspective, you can do it, but it's neither expected nor will it help.

 

[oceanbutler]

I sent a thank you card to one of my interviewers. Don't think it affected my acceptance, but when she came as a guest lecturer for one of our classes, she remembered me. It's nice to maintain those networks when you're in pharmacy school.