I was wondering if I should have typed or handwritten thank you notes to the interviewer? Should I send the same note to all my interviewers or have it personalized to each interviewer? Should I ask the interviewer before or after the interview for their campus address and name or is there another way I should go, like through a faculty campus address book? Any information regarding thank you notes would be appreciated.
I would imagine that handwritten notes are more personal. I would get the address from the department's secretary first. You should know the name of your interviewer by the time you get the interview.
Thank your interviewers with a typed note - handwritten is too informal.
You should feel comfortable asking the interviewer for their card after the interview, or obtain their info from the secretary, web site, directory, etc.
I would suggest using a template to start with, and then customize the letter accordingly. You want to make an impression and a generic form letter will not do much for you. Good luck.
[This message has been edited by 1918 (edited 06-21-2000).]
I don't send letters except to the office of admissions, thanking them for arranging the interview and making me feel welcomed. I also use this letter to ask the dept of admissions to help deliver the enclosed cards to my interviewers.
For the interviewers, I usually send a card, handwritten and personalized to each interviewer with some interesting topic or quote that came up during our interview to help jar their memory (most of the time, I can't even remember their names a week later, so I imagine that if I just wrote a generic letter with my name that they won't remember me either). During one interview, we kept talking about our puppies, so of course, the thank you card had a picture of my puppy glued to the front of it.
