Thank you notes vs. email

[lei217]

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Do you think it is more appropriate to send thank yous to interviewers by snail mail or is it more accepted to send an email now?

 

[ChristianJames1]

i send emails.

 

[Old Grunt]

Do you think it is more appropriate to send thank yous to interviewers by snail mail or is it more accepted to send an email now?

I don't think there is a right or wrong way. Your thank you isn't going to have any bearing on your application, it's just good manners.

I always send a hand written card, but I think a lot of people send e-mails.

I think cards are considered more formal, but not a necessity. A lot of interviewees don't send squat.

 

[Law2Doc]

Do you think it is more appropriate to send thank yous to interviewers by snail mail or is it more accepted to send an email now?

If you want the actual "etiquette" answer, it is appropriate to use email only if the person has indicated that they like to receive correspondence via email, or have given you their email address to follow up with them with further questions. In other cases, mail should be used.

Truth of the matter is most people would be fine either way.

 

[WisePrincess227]

I don't think there is a right or wrong way. Your thank you isn't going to have any bearing on your application, it's just good manners.

I always send a hand written card, but I think a lot of people send e-mails.

I think cards are considered more formal, but not a necessity. A lot of interviewees don't send squat.

I agree with Old Grunt. It just shows you took a little more time out your day.

 

[elderjack21]

I bought some cheap (but tasteful) thank you cards. Within a day or two of interviewing a wrote a short thank you note, usually mentioning something that was interesting from our discussion (i.e Thanks for shedding some additional light on the issue of patient compliance. I hadn’t thought about that too much prior to meeting with you.).

May sound cheesy, but I think sincerity is great. Emails suck and don’t really show too much of an effort on your part. Everyone loves to get mail (so long as it isn’t a bill or junk mail).

Will it help me get in? I doubt it since most of the interviewers turn in their feedback within a day of the interview from what I can tell.


PS I saw someone on SDN had sent 5$ gift cards to Starbucks to his interviewers...that is so lame and uncalled for, tasting almost of a bribe or something. Hopefully he doesn't get in. 🙂

 

[theNEWgirl]

write an email, a good one, about any afterthoughts you might have after the interview, and also to thank them. No, copy and paste

 

[Law2Doc]

PS I saw someone on SDN had sent 5$ gift cards to Starbucks to his interviewers...that is so lame and uncalled for, tasting almost of a bribe or something. Hopefully he doesn't get in. 🙂

I hope that's a fake story. Being in a profession is so intertwined with ethics, that doing something that smacks of inpropriety like this will quite likely be looked on unfavorably.

 

[SigurRos]

Unfortunately, its not fake. I remember seeing this thread not too long ago. I can see how a 5 dollar starbucks card would be appropriate for a student host or something, but it is totally uncalled for in the interviewer-interviewee dynamic.

 

[plauto]

I don't think there is a right or wrong way. Your thank you isn't going to have any bearing on your application, it's just good manners.

I always send a hand written card, but I think a lot of people send e-mails.

I think cards are considered more formal, but not a necessity. A lot of interviewees don't send squat.

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There is nothing like a handwritten note!