Thank you email after phone interview??

[SnickerDoodlez]

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I just had a phone interview last week and the program coordinator said she will contact me sometime this week in regard to "the next step of the process". Is a thank you email indicated at this point? because even though it was not an onsite, it's a phone interview with 4-5 directors. But since the person said she will be contacting me, I feel like it's too soon to send something..I know TY emails won't make or break me but I just want to be sure that I did my part. Thanks.

 

[aboveliquidice]

Send it. Keep it short and sincere.

 

[jmcmans1]

I'm late on this, so this may not be beneficial to you, but perhaps it will be to others! I absolutely would! I sent a hand written letter for mine, but I think email is acceptable in this case (you may just stick out more with the written). But I used the letter to not only thank them, but to also elaborate on an answer I gave to a question during the telephone interview. In this case it was a very sincere and personal addition to an answer I gave that elaborated on my interest in mental health. I don't know if it was the letter, the interview, or both, but I got an onsite invitation!

 

[EyeTeeFarmer]

I think the written thank you note may or may not apply in some situations. For instance, I met 7 pharmacists during my interviews. Their work addresses are all the same location. I would not send 7 written thank you notes because this might turn it into an event. And forbid if anyone opened the wrong one. Or what if they all shared their notes about how generic the message seems.

If it's an email, they would really have to go out of their way to compare. I think the more discreet, the better. But do talk about anything specific you may have shared with the one person if you didn't with others.

 

[jmcmans1]

I think the written thank you note may or may not apply in some situations. For instance, I met 7 pharmacists during my interviews. Their work addresses are all the same location. I would not send 7 written thank you notes because this might turn it into an event. And forbid if anyone opened the wrong one. Or what if they all shared their notes about how generic the message seems.

If it's an email, they would really have to go out of their way to compare. I think the more discreet, the better. But do talk about anything specific you may have shared with the one person if you didn't with others.

Agreed! I addressed it to the main interviewer then included both interviews names in the letter; if there were more than 2 interviwers I would've just included it to 1 and mentioned it was great to speak to everyone.
Side note, when I went to an onsite interview the residency director actually said do NOT write one to every single person. I couldn't fathom writing and sending letters to everyone! Writing 1 non-generic, sincere letter with no mistakes and etc is hard enough for me, but apparently it's been done!

 

[EyeTeeFarmer]

Side note, when I went to an onsite interview the residency director actually said do NOT write one to every single person.

Yikes, they did? :/ Haha, I definitely wrote to everyone, with each slightly personalized then some generic closing message. But then again, I'm overly thorough.

 

[jmcmans1]

Yikes, they did? :/ Haha, I definitely wrote to everyone, with each slightly personalized then some generic closing message. But then again, I'm overly thorough.

It may be because they had literally ~20+ pharmacists/residents total involved in interviews, and she said imagine if everyone who interviewed sent a letter to everyone. I'm sure youre fine, who doesn't love getting letters!!

 

[VeeSee]

I don't think I've ever sent a "thank you" message after an interview

I don't believe in that, if they give me an offer then yes, but until then no ... might have just been a waste of my valuable and precious time

 

[EyeTeeFarmer]

I don't think I've ever sent a "thank you" message after an interview

I don't believe in that, if they give me an offer then yes, but until then no ... might have just been a waste of my valuable and precious time

This must change. As you get more experience, you will realize the thank-you letter also serves a dual purpose of keeping your profile on their radar, and to a lesser extent, etiquette.

 

[TheBlaah]

This must change. As you get more experience, you will realize the thank-you letter also serves a dual purpose of keeping your profile on their radar, and to a lesser extent, etiquette.

Any organization that only keeps a profile on radar due to a thank you letter, for whatever reason, is an environment I wouldn't want to ever work in. If they've interviewed you, you should already be on their radar as they've spent the time scheduling and interviewing you in the first place. If they have so many interviews that they can't remember, they probably received enough thank you letters that it's a moot point to send it anyways.

But in the end, it doesn't hurt to send one so why not just send it out of courtesy. This is really more relevant to residencies rather than job interviews in my opinion.