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Thank you email to 1L OCI interviewers?
Should I send a quick thank you email to the screening interviewers? Our career manual says not to, but its also directed more and 2Ls, and says to do it after a callback interview, but since we don't do those as 1Ls, the screening interview is the final one. Kinda thinking I should...?
Edit: they also didn't give me cards/contact info and said they would get back to me. Don't know if thats indicative of anything or not.
Edit: they also didn't give me cards/contact info and said they would get back to me. Don't know if thats indicative of anything or not.
- holdencaulfield
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Re: Thank you email to 1L OCI interviewers?
I wouldn't.
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Ok. The more I think about it the worse of an idea it seems, the interviews were only 20 minutes... don't think I will at this point.holdencaulfield wrote:I wouldn't.
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I talked to my screener interviewer on the phone for more than 45 minutes and she really liked me. So I sent a thank you e-mail to her. I guess it depends on how you feel about your conversation with your interviewer.Anonymous User wrote:Ok. The more I think about it the worse of an idea it seems, the interviews were only 20 minutes... don't think I will at this point.holdencaulfield wrote:I wouldn't.
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I've sent thank you emails to all my interviewers so far. I kept them very short and tried to work in something that was unique to each interview.
Almost all of them sent short responses back and sounded really pleased.
I think CSO's caution against it b/c they've heard horror stories of kids messing up and having typos or sounding really contrived. Depending on what type of interviewer/writer you are, it could help a tiny bit and could potentially hurt a lot. So definitely more risk than reward, but if you're fairly certain you are the type of person who has almost 0 risk associated w/ writing them, they can probably leave a small positive impression.
Almost all of them sent short responses back and sounded really pleased.
I think CSO's caution against it b/c they've heard horror stories of kids messing up and having typos or sounding really contrived. Depending on what type of interviewer/writer you are, it could help a tiny bit and could potentially hurt a lot. So definitely more risk than reward, but if you're fairly certain you are the type of person who has almost 0 risk associated w/ writing them, they can probably leave a small positive impression.
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- rinkrat19
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Re: Thank you email to 1L OCI interviewers?
People here are sending hand-written thank-yous to screeners.
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I had an interviewer tell me at end of an interview that I wouldn't hear back for two weeks. I sent a thank you email the day after and got an email back within the hour offering me the position. It wasn't an OCI, but I can't help thinking it helped in my case. I think it really depends on the situation/interviewer.
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Absolutely not necessary. Obviously you can send it if you want, but interviewers are busy and they're not expecting it and it doesn't really add anything.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc.fishy wrote:I had an interviewer tell me at end of an interview that I wouldn't hear back for two weeks. I sent a thank you email the day after and got an email back within the hour offering me the position. It wasn't an OCI, but I can't help thinking it helped in my case. I think it really depends on the situation/interviewer.
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Right, because I said the offer was because of the thank you. I was just adding a data point to say there probably isn't one right answer all the time. I agree it probably has a negligible effect overall.thesealocust wrote:Absolutely not necessary. Obviously you can send it if you want, but interviewers are busy and they're not expecting it and it doesn't really add anything.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc.fishy wrote:I had an interviewer tell me at end of an interview that I wouldn't hear back for two weeks. I sent a thank you email the day after and got an email back within the hour offering me the position. It wasn't an OCI, but I can't help thinking it helped in my case. I think it really depends on the situation/interviewer.
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Anonymous User wrote:I've sent thank you emails to all my interviewers so far. I kept them very short and tried to work in something that was unique to each interview.
Almost all of them sent short responses back and sounded really pleased.
I think CSO's caution against it b/c they've heard horror stories of kids messing up and having typos or sounding really contrived. Depending on what type of interviewer/writer you are, it could help a tiny bit and could potentially hurt a lot. So definitely more risk than reward, but if you're fairly certain you are the type of person who has almost 0 risk associated w/ writing them, they can probably leave a small positive impression.
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Then why even say:fishy wrote:Right, because I said the offer was because of the thank you. I was just adding a data point to say there probably isn't one right answer all the time. I agree it probably has a negligible effect overall.thesealocust wrote:Absolutely not necessary. Obviously you can send it if you want, but interviewers are busy and they're not expecting it and it doesn't really add anything.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc.fishy wrote:I had an interviewer tell me at end of an interview that I wouldn't hear back for two weeks. I sent a thank you email the day after and got an email back within the hour offering me the position. It wasn't an OCI, but I can't help thinking it helped in my case. I think it really depends on the situation/interviewer.
Because if you think it has a negligible effect overall then there's not really a point for you "but it helped me" shtick.It wasn't an OCI, but I can't help thinking it helped in my case.
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I sent thank you e-mails, make sure they are not generic work in something from the interview. If interviewed by more than one person at a firm, make sure to not send identical thank yous, personalize them. I recieved positive responses, not sure if they will help long term but they certainly do not hurt.
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Every one of my OCIs I was the first or second person interviewed (early morning slot), and then I sent a thank you email to the partner at the end of the day, making it personalized if possible. I'm not sure whether it worked or not. The first one I got no response, but then a callback two days later. Most of the others I received a follow up email, but these interviews were all within the last 7-10 days, and no one I've talked to has gotten a callback (and the firms all designated the week of 18th as when we'd hear).
I'd agree with the above, that if you are a poor writer, or are prone to making typos/crafting an awkward email, then I wouldn't do it. You definitely want to write the email in such a way that it does not require a response, but that they can respond if they want to (don't follow up with a specific question; you want it to be pleasant and ideally bring up something that you connected on during the interview).
I'd agree with the above, that if you are a poor writer, or are prone to making typos/crafting an awkward email, then I wouldn't do it. You definitely want to write the email in such a way that it does not require a response, but that they can respond if they want to (don't follow up with a specific question; you want it to be pleasant and ideally bring up something that you connected on during the interview).
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