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How to nail that job interview with this ultimate guide to writing the perfect thank you note (with templates)

A thoughtful, well-written thank you note after a job interview will give you a leg up on the competition. Here’s exactly how to write it.

How to nail that job interview with this ultimate guide to writing the perfect thank you note (with templates)
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那么,您真的想确定该工作面试吗?然后,您也最好钉上后续笔记。

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A thoughtful, well-written thank you note after a job interview will give you a leg up on the competition and will offer an opportunity to remind hiring managers just how awesome you are.

But a quick and standard thank you will not fly, says Allan Jones, former Ziprecruiter CMO.

“There is nothing worse than having an amazing conversation with a candidate only to receive the thank you note equivalent of a limp handshake,” says Jones, who is now CEO of outsourced HR firm Bambee.

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In fact, today’s employers say a thank you note is an absolute expectation.

“It’s not just good manners,”former editor-in-chief of大都会Kate White,告诉德赢提款。”面试官正在根据您是否发送笔记以及您在其中所说的话来判断您对工作的热情。”

Here’s how to write the perfect thank you note.

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Take notes during the interview

甚至在您进行面试之前,请考虑一下后续电子邮件。这意味着在面试中做笔记,以帮助您创建令人难忘的感谢。根据这篇最近发表的文章德赢提款,重要的是要知道您在采访的小聊天部分中学到了什么。您与招聘经理有什么共同点吗?您分享的爱好?

写下您讨论的任何要点,以及他们是否面临任何可以提供帮助的组织。他们是否有需要更多思考的问题?

Think, too, about the qualifications you really wanted in a candidate and whether they were skeptical of anything on your resume. Also, ensure you have the correct email address for each interviewer and the correct spelling of their names. These specific recollections will prevent a generic thank you and transform your note to one that impresses a hiring manager, according tothis previously published piece in德赢提款

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Stick to an email message and be prompt

For years, hand-written notes were encouraged. But in the fast-moving, post-pandemic work world, email is fine, because people are working both inside and outside of the office these days. Your note might otherwise be lost in the shuffle at the office or feel creepy if it ends up at someone’s home address.

如果可以的话,请立即发送笔记 - 面试24小时,advises跳板公共关系总裁Domenick Cilea“Not sending an email—whether you are interested in the position or not—is unprofessional,” he says.

When you finish your interview, head homeas soon as you canto write your thank you note。Send the note too late, and the hiring manager might assume you weren’t going to send a note and could have rejected you for it.

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That said, don’t rush it, Alison Green, career expert and author ofHow to Get a JobsaysDon’t write it ahead of time and then press send right after you walk out of the interview. It’s a lost opportunity to personalize your note and build a relationship, she says. “It drains much of the significance of the gesture and turns it into one that conveys only, ‘I’m checking a thank you off my list,'” Green says.

Make it personal

虽然您可能会被迫剪切和粘贴您在Google上发现的其他140万个其他感谢电子邮件模板中的任何一个,但招聘经理可以发现一封通用的信件。不要低估整天,每天招募筛查的力量ake your thank you personal and s你的个性如何。班比的琼斯说,写一个引人注目的感谢信是艺术和原始采访的延伸。

“Engage me, say something exciting, stand out, and tell me why you are the one we need. Show me your personality,” he says. “Make me want to talk to you on a daily basis.”

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Even more importantly, remember that employee-company compatibility is not a one-way street. You need to make sure that we are the right fit for you as well. A company that embraces your personality upfront is a good sign of a long-term partnership.

琼斯警告候选人不是to write a generic letter like this:

亲爱的琼斯先生,

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Thank you for your time . . . {{reiterate job description}} . . . {{reiterate interest in position}} . . . blah, blah, blah.

I look forward to hearing from . . . blah.

Thank you again,

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非创造性候选人

Jones gives a good example of a memorable, candid, personal, and thoughtful note:

Allan,

After sharing time with you yesterday, it’s clear why your team speaks of you so fondly. I got a candid look at who you are as a human and how your passion and recent introspection will propel you from a great CEO to a spectacular one. I say that despite the fact that you found it appropriate to reheat leftover fish for lunch prior to our interview. Though I think it’s an office faux-pas I can get past. My sense of smell isn’t that great anyway.

更重要的是,我看到您有机会发挥自己的全部运营潜力,并能够真诚地将时间集中在Bambee的创新和成功上。我想成为在这段旅程中为您提供帮助的人。这个角色的前景呼吁我的动力和渴望在我自己的工作中独特而熟练。

您需要的执行助理不是标准,而是例外。毫无疑问,鉴于我有机会成为工作/生活运营经理,降噪器,摩擦更加顺畅,并且您一直缺少一般的魔术制造商。请不要让我重新加热你的鱼。

I think this could be an amazing partnership and I’d like to think you agree. If yes, I look forward to discussing the next steps.

Best,

Candidate who got hired

Jones says he went on to hire this candidate. Not only were they the most qualified for the job, but they were also confident enough to add snark, sincerity, and their own professional goals to their thank you note, he says. “And it’s that kind of confidence that makes employees successful at my company.”

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He warns that not all snark is the same. Don’t be a jerk. “Well-intentioned commentary, even when out of the box, is often well received by the right people,” he says.

Send notes to each interviewer

If multiple people interviewed you, writing each of them a note will show a level of care that helps you stand out among most candidates, according tothis德赢提款report.确保笔记不会显得复制和粘贴。如果可以的话,可以通过添加一些详细信息来个性化这些消息。这表明了强大的人际交往能力,这对于当今的工作场所文化至关重要。

Great Resumes Fast的创始人杰西卡·埃尔南德斯(Jessica Hernandez)表示,确保您没有人出去是个好主意。“I’ve heard from many job hunters that thanking everyone, from the receptionist to the CEO, was key to putting their best foot forward after an interview,” she says. “One of my clients who did this reported that, even though he wasn’t hired right then, he was asked to come back a few months later to interview for an even better role.”

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You might even consider adding team members you met throughout the process to your LinkedIn network, says Stock. She suggests a short and sweet note along the lines of: “It was a pleasure meeting you in the context of my interviews for the accountant position. Looking forward to connecting here.”

她说:“即使您没有找到工作,您也永远不知道何时会再次跨越。”

不要使用过度正式的问候

在一封信中太正式存在微妙的平衡。如果您太僵硬了,它实际上适得其反,according to人才获取平台Findem首席执行官Hari Kolam。“Remember that there’s an actual person reading this letter and put yourself in their shoes,” says Kolam.

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Yet, being too casual is problematic too:十个小时的专业人士中有六个说他们在用“嗨”开始您的信件时有问题。

表示感谢并保持积极

开始任何面试后续记录的最佳方法是感谢该人的时间和考虑。他们告诉您更多有关机会以及这对您的好举动。因此,即使您打算退出跑步,show gratitudefor the opportunity.

Refresh their memory

一个很好的音符会提醒招聘经理,为什么您对工作感兴趣。不必是一个漫长的解释,但要确保非常清楚您想要这项工作以及原因。关于您的工作是否引起您的共鸣?然后添加该细节。是真实的事情。

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Write this note with influence in mind, but don’t make it a commercial for you as a candidate, according to thispreviously published article in德赢提款Instead, use it as an opportunity to provide honest reflections about how you felt about the team and the culture. Show them why you’re the right person for the job—qualifications, connection, and cultural fit.

此后续行动是与您的面试官重新建立联系的绝佳机会,并真正提醒他们您是谁以及您在谈话中建立的联系。获取有关该人的所有小细节,以个性化您的信息并使您的笔记令人难忘。

You don’t necessarily need to summarize your qualifications, but instead focus on the parts of your résumé that piqued the interest of each interviewer. Notice what each person gets excited about and then reiterate those points in your note—提供一个很好的提醒of why you’re the person they want in this particular job.

Ease any concerns

If there are concerns that you might be under- or overqualified for the job, you can abate their concerns andprovide examples

Yet, keep it positive. Show how you’re already working on remedying any weaknesses. And if you do it right, you may actually boost your odds for getting the job, because you’releaving a positive impressionon the hiring manager。The note itself is your opportunity to showyour soft skills—such as organization, time management, and communication.

Amanda Augustine, career expert for TopResume,警告“相信我”的方法。“Trust me, if I get the job, I’ll figure out what I need to do to get the job done,” she wrote. Employers see your potential, but they want some proof of your abilities. Augustine suggests explaining instead why the role makes sense for you and how you’re taking steps to fill the gaps.

Demonstrate humility and self-awareness, adds Vanessa Stock, cofounder and chief people officer of Pitch, a collaborative software maker. If you didn’t feel that you did well in the interview, don’t use the note to correct answers you got wrong or make excuses for your performance. “Instead, use the thank you note to demonstrate that you are aware of your potential shortcomings, and eager to prove to the team that you are willing to learn,” she says.

Tell them something they don’t already know

If there’s something else that could boost the odds of landing the job, then put it in your note. It should be brief—a line at most—but could add an additional qualification you didn’t discuss in the interview or could highlight something about you that the organization really cares about.

Keep it brief and avoid unnecessary mistakes

您不想写一封长字母或草稿。不要漫步,夸张,并花很多读者的时间。

校对每个笔记,以确保它传达您和您在访谈中提出的个性。并通过避免拼写错误或使某人的头衔犯错而增加机会。Use spell checkand reread the message to ensure it reads smart. The same goes for your cover letter: 76% of the HR respondents in a ResumeLab survey say they’dautomatically reject a cover letter if it had typos or spelling mistakes

Donna Svei, veteran recruiter and résumé expert of the AvidCareerist,推荐在访谈中交换名片。“没有人散步的名片拼错了他们的名字。没有人,”她分享

记住,说谢谢你对每个人都有好处

多年来,研究人员一直说expressing gratitude can improve your well-being, Amit Kumar, a University of Texas professor of marketing and psychology, noted。然而,许多人不知道谢谢你多么高兴。

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