While this person definitely sounds like a giant douche, it is in fact best practice to send a thank you email after an interview.
Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t, I wouldn’t want to work for anyone who expects one and I’m glad that me not sending one cements that. I also don’t do cover letters. A resume is already a summary of the exact information you’re asking for in the application (and going to make me repeat as if you never had a chance to see it beforehand in the interview); a cover letter is just another step, summarizing the resume. If you can’t take the time to even look through my resume, don’t bother, you’re probably too “high speed” for me in your “fast paced work environment” and I’m not looking to “wear multiple hats” to earn your paycheck for you.
This. It’s time consuming and it sucks, but it makes you stand out. Job hunting is truly half skills, half theatrics after all
LOL fuck that. We each shared our precious time. I will thank you for yours at the end of each session.
Actually, this did remind me of the time that a recruiter gave me a thank-you gift at the end of an interview. He was very respectful of my time.
The interviewee is getting an opportunity. There’s a clear imbalance of power, but it’s not wholly exploitative.
That being said, I do remind my interviewees to not worry about my time during the interview, because I’m getting paid to be there, and it’s more fun than a meeting.
The idea that the person who gets nothing from an interview should be thankful for the opportunity is utterly brain dead.
The other perspective is that after digging through literally hundreds or thousands of applications, I picked you and we both took a huge chunk out of our day to try to connect. Did you like the interview? Did you have questions after? Did I do a good job explaining the role? There’s so much left unsaid after an interview that it does help to give a hiring manager closure, particularly if they have to interview a dozen other people that day. You’re not dancing for my enjoyment, you’re showing you care more than the 11 other people who shrugged and wandered off after without thinking about it. And the hundreds more in the following week or weeks.
I’m just more likely to remember people who seem engaged and enthusiastic to work.
Yeah, it’s unfortunately good advice. Hearing it from a hiring manager in a “dance my puppet” way makes me want to vomit though.
The asshat in OP’s image isn’t representational of people who hire people in the average, every-day world.
In reality, most hiring is done by mid-level managers who have to interview dozens of people a week on top of doing their own work, and it’s tiring and you don’t get paid extra for it, and if you pick the wrong candidate your own ass is canned.
Yah, it really does help your chances if you show even a shred of actual desire to work there.
I’ve hired (low) dozens of people in public sector environments, and neither myself nor anyone on my hiring panels has ever cared if we receive a post-interview thank you. Maybe private sector is different, but I’d just as soon not have you clog up my inbox with thanks or make a post-interview pitch about your skills/excitement.
If you say thanks in the room, we’re square. Likewise, I always thank people for their interest and time in the role.
Thank you emails are good. The real question is, should you space it out. Like a day or two after the interview? Because sending one right after does zero IMO. You need to keep yourself on their minds and as we all do…we forget.
So keep yourself in their minds and give it a day or two after the interview
Sorry, don’t agree with this one. A simple “thank you” has been good job seeking advice for a long time. I’ve specifically gotten a job because I sent in a written thank you. Though that’s more practical for local businesses rather than remote jobs that I seek these days.
It is good advice for a job seeker, mainly because so many hiring managers are lunatics.
It’s gatekeeping. Like knowing the difference between a salad fork and a dinner fork, sending a thank you letter doesn’t demonstrate that one cares about the job, it demonstrates that at some point you were coached to send thank you letters after an interview. It weeds out qualified candidates who didn’t receive that coaching due to culture, class, etc.
To me, it demonstrates that you value wasting time.
Saying thank you when saying goodbye after the interview? Perfectly fine and proper, that’s social lube. Sending an email to the candidate explaining why they didn’t get the job? Good fucking mores. Sending a thank you email with no actual content? Why the fuck am I reading this?
I can understand not explaining why someone didn’t get the job. If it’s worded imperfectly, it could open the company up to a lawsuit. And the applicant can’t believe that the company would answer honestly anyways.
Then literally say it after the interview, why the fuck are you going to wait, go home, and then write an email saying thank you? Dumbest and most cringe shit I ever heard, yikes
On the other side…
I’m so dead sick of those “thank you for applying, you are so awesome and amazing! But we went with another guy” emails
The alternative is to not know, I don’t care if they send a nicely worded rejection over ghosting.
A lot of bitter job-hunters in this post.
Capitalism is a sickness.
Someone having big ego and some kind of hierarchy is present in all systems. Such are humans
You just need to get it to work for you - narcissists are easily taken advantage of. Be crafty, do not give up to learned helplessness and this will turn into an opportunity. Such ppl are a walking vulnerability ripe for exploitation
Give them what they thirst for and stab them in the back later when your position is solid
You can hate someone but don’t let it make you miserable
