yes/no?

i'm thinking no

12/5/2006 2:44:36 PM

i say you'd be silly not to.

i asked that same q in the resume thread and got some input http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=440359&page=3

12/5/2006 3:04:46 PM

i do / have

12/5/2006 3:05:53 PM

a quick thank you note never hurts.

12/5/2006 3:07:18 PM

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"Yes. Thank you letters are an expression of your appreciation and show strong follow through skills. They are sent within 24 hours of an interview when you would like further consideration as a candidate. (It is not necessary to write a thank you note to an employer if you are no longer interested in the position.) "

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=SUNA,SUNA:2006-25,SUNA:en&q=thank+you+letter+for+phone+interview

12/5/2006 3:08:07 PM

Quote :

"a quick thank you note never hurts."

12/5/2006 3:11:17 PM

until you get a paper cut

LOLERZ

12/5/2006 3:13:47 PM

crap, i hope i saved a template somewhere

12/5/2006 3:16:18 PM

i hear google has a couple

12/5/2006 5:39:48 PM

no

[Edited on December 5, 2006 at 7:49 PM. Reason : real interview, yes]

12/5/2006 7:48:51 PM

A proportional response is best. The effort of the gratitude gesture should be an appropriate fraction of the reason for giving thanks. An in person interview is more effort on their part, so a thank you letter is appropriate. A thank you letter for someone who wouldn’t see you in person feels like sucking up. All the thanks I’d give in such a situation is a thank you, I appreciate the opportunity blah blah blah at the end of the phone interview.

Depending on how internet friendly the person is, a follow up/thank you e-mail could be the proportional equivalent of a what a thank you letter is to an in person interview.

12/5/2006 8:03:04 PM

Yes.

12/5/2006 8:43:44 PM

a thank you note for a phone interview isn't going to get you a real interview

you'll get the real interview if you impress them on the phone

then you're in a position where a thank you note matters

12/5/2006 9:20:35 PM

As much as it sucks, it's always a good idea to write a thank you note to anyone who interviewed you, on the phone or in person

12/5/2006 9:37:56 PM

so what happens if you get a real interview with the person you've already sent a thank you note?

that's just dumb

don't send a thank you note after a phone interview

12/5/2006 9:42:44 PM

i don't like the idea of thank you notes - but i would imagine they don't hurt

during the interview, you should be able to present yourself in a manner that shows the fact that you really want the job, the thank you note should not be necessary to show how much you want the job...

matter of fact, i think they should send me a thank you note for me considering to work for them

12/5/2006 9:51:29 PM

i agree that a quick thank you email is probably fine if you are going to do it. i did for some jobs, not for others. i got callbacks for ones i did and ones i didnt send thank you notes to.

12/5/2006 9:57:32 PM

i ended up firing off a quick one in an email

i don't like the whole thank you letter system but i figured eh, what could it hurt

12/5/2006 10:26:56 PM

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"a thank you note for a phone interview isn't going to get you a real interview you'll get the real interview if you impress them on the phone then you're in a position where a thank you note matters"

Unless of course there is no in person interview. I had one job like that. They gave me a phone interview and then they hired me.

12/5/2006 10:39:40 PM

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"matter of fact, i think they should send me a thank you note for me considering to work for them"

i'm beginning to agree with this, especially if you are currently employed and simply looking to change direction in your career. i hate it when you go to an interview and they make you feel like you are being interrogated or they act like they are doing you this big huge favor just by agreeing to see you. personally i feel that a two way conversation is much more conducive to learning about each other than simply listening to your scripted answers in response to their list of scripted questions. maybe i'm just not cut out to work in the mega-corps.

12/5/2006 10:50:02 PM

For my last interview they knew I was working somewhere already and they bent over backwards to accommodate my schedule. Even during the interview they kept checking to make sure I didn't have to go back to work because they didn't want me to be late getting back or for me to get behind on my work.

12/5/2006 11:19:56 PM

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"Unless of course there is no in person interview. I had one job like that. They gave me a phone interview and then they hired me."

Yep, if the phone interview is THE interview, then a Thank You note is appropriate. But I guess my situation warranted a follow-up; I missed the recruiters when they were on campus but one decided to conduct a phone interview instead. He didn't have to call me at all so I was kinda obligated to express my thanks.

Sent a note, got an offer a few weeks later.

12/6/2006 8:07:06 AM

If there are more interviews to come, no.....if that is the decision making interview, then yes.

the thank you letters are most effective when a face can be put with the letter, plus you don't want to end up sending 4 or 5 thank you letters if there are several rounds of interviews....that's overkill.

12/6/2006 9:41:07 AM

first impressions are important...you have no idea if you're going to be interviewing with the same person again, so writing a quick thank you email certainly won't hurt your chances at getting hired.

12/6/2006 9:44:34 AM

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"so what happens if you get a real interview with the person you've already sent a thank you note? that's just dumb don't send a thank you note after a phone interview "

jesus man, its not hard to understand or figure out

if you have a phone interview, send them a thank you note or email thanking them for taking the time to meet with you. Time is Time; doesnt matter if its on the phone or not.

if you get a second interview. Send another thank you note thanking them agian, for the time and how it was a pleasure to meet them. Reinforce how much you are interested in joining their team and so on.

wow

12/6/2006 10:10:03 AM

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"so what happens if you get a real interview with the person you've already sent a thank you note? "

ummmmm....then you meet a person who you've already sent a thank you note to?....i dont see why thats a bad thing.

12/6/2006 10:12:51 AM

DO IT. it works !!!

12/6/2006 10:29:51 AM

it doesnt ever hurt, but i wouldnt send one for a phone interview, that's just me though

12/6/2006 11:15:51 AM

I think that it would be a mistake to send a thank immediately after a phone interview. You'd generally want to wait a week and a couple of days to use the thank you note as a follow up.

Having been a part of the interview process, I can tell you that "he didn't know his stuff, but because he's nice we're going to invite him" doesn't ever come up. The thank you note will only differentiate you if you do it properly and you're on par with their best candidates.

Your tone and conversation style already gave the interviewer a pretty good impression of what your personality will be like.

12/6/2006 11:16:11 AM

pfft, i have been in management for years
been hiring and firing folks for 5 years and at different companies

managed a team of 120 people
as a person who has hired a ton of people and fired even more, i would tell you to send one.
again, you dont have to write a paragraph, just a simple....
" Thanks for taking the time to meet with me xxx at xxx. "
just 1- 3 sentences can make you stand out compared to the other candidates

12/6/2006 11:37:57 AM

I work in HR (a company of around 6,000). I talk with the recruiters all the time (they give the phone interviews before sending a handfull of applicants to be interviewed with the hiring manager). while they say that sending thank you letters isn't bad, they have already sent the approved applicants info to the hiring managers by the time the letters are even received. 90% of the time the hiring managers never even know that the phone interview letter was sent, and it is never put in the ee file. (these phone interviews are generally to weed out underqualified candidates, and if you're underqualified, a thank you lettter isn't going to help and vise versa)

So, while it doesn't hurt, it is generally unnecessary to send thank you letters @ that stage of the interview (unless that is the final stage).

You're probably in the same boat either way.



[Edited on December 6, 2006 at 11:52 AM. Reason : .]

12/6/2006 11:46:21 AM

Quote :

"(these phone interviews are generally to weed out underqualified candidates, and if you're underqualified, a thank you lettter isn't going to help and vise versa) "

exactly

12/6/2006 7:26:11 PM

well it didn't do me any good >.<

[Edited on December 6, 2006 at 8:08 PM. Reason : but i was underqualified for the position so eh]

12/6/2006 8:06:30 PM