I have participated in at least 3 rounds of vocational rehabilitation, and one of the major takeaways was writing thank-you notes after any interview.

A note could be a card or an email, but a thank-you note simply expresses gratitude for the interviewer’s time and attention.

And moreover, a followup will keep your name in their mind, for better or worse. Following up after the interview series may have been the trick to landing my “pandemic job” in May 2020. I phoned or emailed the recruiter, just to thank her, just to say hello, and you know what? She said “yeah actually we were gonna call you with a job offer” and the rest is history.

So, before you complain that someone ghosted you, please consider who’s ghosting whom!

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slowerturnip an hour ago | parent [-]

I hear this advice given quite a bit, but another perspective: I have never been pleased to receive a thank you email from a candidate. I do not want to receive something in my inbox that does not require me to act. It's a micro-annoyance, and if it's a bad day, I might have grumpy thoughts about the candidate being a brownnoser.

Show up to the interview clothed, be pleasant and polite, show off your game, and leave it at that.

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andy99 6 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Definitely agree, at a big company anyway there is nothing to be gained by sending these, or by any communication not directly related to the process. It doesn’t come across as genuine, it’s neutral to slightly annoying and has no impact on anything, it’s basically a chance at rubbing someone the wrong way with no upside.

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kulahan an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Imagine being a recruiter, seeing someone genuinely interested in the position (or at least willing to put in the effort to make it seem that way), and getting annoyed rather than hyped. You in the wrong line of work, brother.

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decimalenough 35 minutes ago | parent [-]

I presume the previous poster is one of many interviewers, not the recruiter.

As an interviewer myself, I get where they're coming from. My email is not shared with applicants, so finding it requires some stalking or at least digging me up on LinkedIn. By the time they reach out, I've already put in my notes, and any final decision is out of my hands. So while I'm not going to hold it against them, it's not a particularly useful move on the candidate's part either.

	▲	jimnotgym 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		For your email perhaps it is hard to find. At many companies it is attached to the Teams/Zoom invitation

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atomicnumber3 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I wouldn't want to work for or with someone who can't even stand a thank you note.