Re: Interviewing Strategies

Subject: Re: Interviewing Strategies
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:08:50 -0500

Eric Thomas wrote:

I agree with the thank you note, but having been on both sides of multiple
interviewer teams, I wonder whether the standard is to send individual thank
you notes? At one previous company, it seemed like for every writing
position, potential interviewees had to run the gauntlet with 4-6 mini
interviews consisting of 1-3 people in each one. Sending 4 thank you notes
is fine. Sending 15 seems excessive (but I think that speaks just as much to
the necessity of 15 people interviewing a technical writer over a 4 hour
period). Thoughts?



If you know their names, then by all means, send them a thank you. It doesn't have to be long, or fancy, but you never know who might know of someone who needs writing support. I'm like Gene, I've done this so much that it is habit to gather as many names, or business cards, as I can during an interview and send them all a thank you. I've been turned down for the original position only to be called back for a better position several weeks later...just because of a note.

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