The Biglaw thank you letter Forum

[memo2partner]

Here's a rough copy of what I am sending out to my callback interviewers--does it look good? Or just don't send one?

Dear Biglaw Interviewer,

Thank you for inviting me to interview with your firm for a summer associate position and for taking me out to lunch. I was pleased to learn more about your firm, and today's interview confirmed that Bigmoney LLP is a great place that I would like to work at. Again, I enjoyed meeting with you and thanks again for having me.

Sincerely,

memo2partner

[am060459]

Here's a rough copy of what I am sending out to my callback interviewers--does it look good? Or just don't send one?

Dear Biglaw Interviewer,

Thank you for inviting me to interview with your firm for a summer associate position and for taking me out to lunch. I was pleased to learn more about your firm, and today's interview confirmed that Bigmoney LLP is a great place that I would like to work at. Again, I enjoyed meeting with you and thanks again for having me look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

memo2partner

my two cents

[Helmholtz]

My favorite part is where the whole thing doesn't sound generic as hell.

[beach_terror]

My favorite part is where the whole thing doesn't sound generic as hell.

Seriously. Mention stuff you talked about. The goal is to get them to remember you.

[memo2partner]

We really didn't talk about much-it was mainly them drilling me with questions about my background and qualifications. I basically said I was interested in mergers and acquisitions, then the interview was kind of a blur and then we ate lunch (I mean, I remember the filet was cooked to perfection, but i'm not mentioning that).

[Renne Walker]

No biggie but. . . end the sentence at “firm.” Start new sentence at “Today’s interview. . .” My 2¢.

[choochoo]

I would rephrase the middle sentence so it doesn't end in "at."

[Anonymous User]

I would rephrase the middle sentence so it doesn't end in "at."

absolutely. yikes.

[yung]

should we send one out for first rounds?

[swc65]

This is the trouble with thank you notes/emails. What you wrote would probably be an auto-ding.

[Anonymous User]

My favorite part is where the whole thing doesn't sound generic as hell.

And then spend the rest of your career sending generic threatening letters to people? Sigh.

[Anonymous User]

So do you send a thank you e-mail to every person that you met with? Even if there were 8 or so people?

[am060459]

So do you send a thank you e-mail to every person that you met with? Even if there were 8 or so people?

No!

You find the departments email (i.e. Whitecollarcrimegroup@lawfirm.com).

[Big Shrimpin]

Here's a rough copy of what I am sending out to my callback interviewers--does it look good? Or just don't send one?

Dear Biglaw Interviewer,

Thank you for inviting me to interview with your firm for a summer associate position and for taking me out to lunch. I was pleased to learn more about your firm, and today's interview confirmed that Bigmoney LLP is a great place that I would like to work at. Again, I enjoyed meeting with you and thanks again for having me.

Sincerely,

memo2partner

roflcopter.

Generally, an interviewing attorney bases a recommendation (e.g. for a CB/offer) upon an interviewee's potential to subsist in the firm's atmosphere as a junior associate, not upon "courteousness." In most cases, the attorney will have already submitted your review/recommendation by the time your thank-you arrives. Moreover, as others have mentioned and as this topic has been discussed, ad nauseum, on TLS, thank-you notes--like OP's--that contain grammatical or typographical errors can only hurt. Thus, while it's perfectly normal to want to thank someone for the opportunity to interview/not get unemploymentpwnd, sometimes, in lieu of ass-kissing, it's best to play the odds that the interviewer probably gives zero fcks because they have to interview like 34089304839 candidates each year (and often disdain the entire process quite a bit).

[chup]

Here's a rough copy of what I am sending out to my callback interviewers--does it look good? Or just don't send one?

Dear Biglaw Interviewer,

Thank you for inviting me to interview with your firm for a summer associate position and for taking me out to lunch. I was pleased to learn more about your firm, and today's interview confirmed that Bigmoney LLP is a great place that I would like to work at. Again, I enjoyed meeting with you and thanks again for having me.

Sincerely,

memo2partner

roflcopter.

Generally, an interviewing attorney bases a recommendation (e.g. for a CB/offer) upon an interviewee's potential to subsist in the firm's atmosphere as a junior associate, not upon "courteousness." In most cases, the attorney will have already submitted your review/recommendation by the time your thank-you arrives. Moreover, as others have mentioned and as this topic has been discussed, ad nauseum, on TLS, thank-you notes--like OP's--that contain grammatical or typographical errors can only hurt. Thus, while it's perfectly normal to want to thank someone for the opportunity to interview/not get unemploymentpwnd, sometimes, in lieu of ass-kissing, it's best to play the odds that the interviewer probably gives zero fcks because they have to interview like 34089304839 candidates each year (and often disdain the entire process quite a bit).

Oh hey look, someone who knows what he's talking about.

[Bosque]

So do you send a thank you e-mail to every person that you met with? Even if there were 8 or so people?

No!

You find the departments email (i.e. Whitecollarcrimegroup@lawfirm.com).

What? This is stupid. With thank you notes, you either do it right or don't do it at all. So either write a personalized one for each of your interviewers or don't write one. I would suggest against writing any unless you actually have something to say.

[Big Shrimpin]

Here's a rough copy of what I am sending out to my callback interviewers--does it look good? Or just don't send one?

Dear Biglaw Interviewer,

Thank you for inviting me to interview with your firm for a summer associate position and for taking me out to lunch. I was pleased to learn more about your firm, and today's interview confirmed that Bigmoney LLP is a great place that I would like to work at. Again, I enjoyed meeting with you and thanks again for having me.

Sincerely,

memo2partner

roflcopter.

Generally, an interviewing attorney bases a recommendation (e.g. for a CB/offer) upon an interviewee's potential to subsist in the firm's atmosphere as a junior associate, not upon "courteousness." In most cases, the attorney will have already submitted your review/recommendation by the time your thank-you arrives. Moreover, as others have mentioned and as this topic has been discussed, ad nauseum, on TLS, thank-you notes--like OP's--that contain grammatical or typographical errors can only hurt. Thus, while it's perfectly normal to want to thank someone for the opportunity to interview/not get unemploymentpwnd, sometimes, in lieu of ass-kissing, it's best to play the odds that the interviewer probably gives zero fcks because they have to interview like 34089304839 candidates each year (and often disdain the entire process quite a bit).

Oh hey look, someone who knows what he's talking about.

Not sure if serious?

I've been through the 2L OCI ringer/spent a summer at a biglaw NYC firm. I'm just trying to help/quell fears, albeit really sarcastically, that I had at this time last year.

Edit: I've asked quite a few interviewing attorneys about this question, and my answer is based upon the vast majority of responses.

[chup]

Oh, I was being entirely serious.