Thanking interviewers late at night

[Jerry's World]

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I just remembered to send a thank you letter for an interview I recently had. Would it be inappropriate of me to email it right now (~1am central time)?

 

[Isoval]

I think it's a toss up.

Many people don't have email set up to make a loud ding every time one comes in. However, if your interviewers do, and it wakes them up...

 

[Lost in Translation]

Send it in the morning for two reasons:

1. Avoids pinging people at night and
2. If the notification pops up when they're awake, they'll actually see the letter vs it getting buried in the hundreds of emails they sift through every morning

 

[ODea]

Send it between 6am-8am

 

[Catalystik]

I just remembered to send a thank you letter for an interview I recently had. Would it be inappropriate of me to email it right now (~1am central time)?

If it's a physician who has the potential to be on call, you don't want their phone to make a sound that could interrupt their rare moments of sleep. Anyone else would probably silence their phone at night.

 

[mellie0]

I had a professor once tell me that it doesn't matter. The advantage of an email is that they can read it whenever they want. I once sent her an email like at 2am and apologized for the time, and she said never to apologize for the time in an email because it's not like you're calling the person or knocking at their door. Just my 2 cents. 🙂 I've sent thank-you notes on weekends, at night, you name it...😀

 

[DameJulie]

Just wait until daytime to send the thank-you note.

 

[Jerry's World]

To anyone who wanted an update:
I sent the email before I wrote this post at around 12:45 am.

My interviewer replied at 3:30 am [emoji23].


Sent from my iPhone using SDN mobile

 

[Anonimus.Maximus]

Use Boomerang. Problem solved.

 

[VincentAdultman]

"Thanking interviewers late at night."

Hahahahhahaha