Saturday Thank You Notes Forum

[Anonymous User]

Callbacks were Thursday and Friday. Didn't have the time or energy (to trust myself to be typo free) to send them out before the weekend.

Should I send them today to hopefully get to these people before they turn in evaluations? Or wait until business hours Monday morning so that I am not bothering anyone over the weekend?

Note: I am a 3L doing CBs for entry-level if that changes anything.

[jt91isles]

Too late now. I'm sure your reviews went in by the end of the day on Thursday. Writing the thank you's may just be a waste of time at this point.

[Anonymous User]

When I did callbacks, one of the associates I interviewed with told me that s/he would fill out the evaluation forms right after the interview was over. I was in a similar situation as you, so I just sent a hand-written thank you note to the hiring partner, since thanking everyone else would've been moot. I think that'd be your best option IMO. This was for a 2L SA, but I don't see why that would change anything.

[Old Gregg]

Should I send them today to hopefully get to these people before they turn in evaluations? Or wait until business hours Monday morning so that I am not bothering anyone over the weekend?

The content of their evaluations (much less whether they do their evaluations) will not change if you send them a thank you note. Don't waste your time and enjoy the weekend.

Note: I am a 3L doing CBs for entry-level if that changes anything.

Not sure why this would change anything at all.

[Johann]

NYC - don't bother; other markets I'd send one to the hiring partner or HR coordinator thanking them.

[BigZuck]

We should turn this thread into a Thank You Letter or Not? debate thread.

I don't think TLS has ever had one of those.

[Old Gregg]

We should turn this thread into a Thank You Letter or Not? debate thread.

I don't think TLS has ever had one of those.

I've actually had situations where decisions took long and wondered whether I should send thank you notes because maybe they were being missed. I never resolved that confusion because I ended up receiving the offer.

It's been years since I've sent thank you notes, and the only ding I received was from one of those beauty pageant lateral interviews where firm invites 60 candidates to the office and interviews each person for 30 minutes. Since they were running over from the previous interview, I got a glorious 17 minutes.

Yeah, lack of thank you note sure hurt me there.

[Big Dog]

Don't waste your time and enjoy the weekend.

Good manners never go out of style. What does your LS recommend?

Will it really take much time to crank out a short e-mail or two?

Thank you's are also a great time to address anything that you may have not answered clearly during the interview; they are a last chance to confirm the fit/sell.

While the reviews are undoubtedly in, the hiring committee may not have met. If you have zero offers to-date, do you really want to risk the 1% (or less) chance that it may help?

(obviously, everyone has a different pov, so do what you think best.)

[Anonymous User]

OP here.

Decided to send them today.

[84651846190]

OP here.

Decided to send them today.

no1curr