Thank You Note Typo Forum

[Anonymous User]

I very recently had a callback at a V10. Felt like everything went great, but in a thank you email to 1 of the 4 attorneys I met with, I said my time there "confirmed by interest in the firm." Deadly?

[Lacepiece23]

Naw probably won't even notice. I usually look at thank you emails really quickly. Maybe if the person is a stickler. Stop sending thank you emails though.

[Anonymous User]

Thanks, appreciate the input. Yeah, probably won't again...Damn OCS advice.

[Mr. Fancy]

Even without the typo, that sentence kind of sucks. The interview confirmed your interest in the firm... Are you just trying to say that you're still interested in the firm even after your interview? I am not sure why you're saying that in a thank you note.

[Auxilio]

Thanks, appreciate the input. Yeah, probably won't again...Damn OCS advice.

You are anon, can you out which school is advising you to send thank you notes?

ETA: obligatory: sticky this thread as the example why not to send thank you notes

[Lacepiece23]

Thanks, appreciate the input. Yeah, probably won't again...Damn OCS advice.

You are anon, can you out which school is advising you to send thank you notes?

ETA: obligatory: sticky this thread as the example why not to send thank you notes

Dude, most schools advise law students to awkwardly send thanks you notes and call junior associates Mr. or Ms. This has been common. It's not a big deal OP isn't the first person to do this and won't be the last

[Auxilio]

Thanks, appreciate the input. Yeah, probably won't again...Damn OCS advice.

You are anon, can you out which school is advising you to send thank you notes?

ETA: obligatory: sticky this thread as the example why not to send thank you notes

Dude, most schools advise law students to awkwardly send thanks you notes and call junior associates Mr. or Ms. This has been common. It's not a big deal OP isn't the first person to do this and won't be the last

Oh, that's interesting. Penn was very clearly against the idea and said it multiple times. The couple friends at other schools I talked to said similarly.

[stoopkid13]

Columbia makes clear that thank yous are optional, with little upside and large possible downside.

[Dr. Nefario]

Actually had an attorney on a large firm panel preach how much he hated thank you notes and asked if any attorney on the panel actually liked them. *crickets*

[eyeofvigilence]

Actually had an attorney on a large firm panel preach how much he hated thank you notes and asked if any attorney on the panel actually liked them. *crickets*

I just stopped sending them after my first two callbacks. It takes way too freaking long to send thank you notes to 6+ people, and it's not easy to get them out within 24-48 hours. Screw thank you notes.

[rpupkin]

Columbia makes clear that thank yous are optional, with little upside and large possible downside.

Good for Columbia.

[AZ123]

Actually had an attorney on a large firm panel preach how much he hated thank you notes and asked if any attorney on the panel actually liked them. *crickets*

I just stopped sending them after my first two callbacks. It takes way too freaking long to send thank you notes to 6+ people, and it's not easy to get them out within 24-48 hours. Screw thank you notes.

+1 And it's impossible to write more than 3 or 4 without them all sounding similar

[Glasseyes]

Glad our career services office is slightly less stupid than others: I was told clearly not to send thank yous by GULC's otherwise useless gaggle of advisors.

[Anonymous User]

So no thank yous to anyone after CB? Not even recruiter for setting it all up? Help

[GoneSouth]

So no thank yous to anyone after CB? Not even recruiter for setting it all up? Help

No. I sent one thank you in my whole CB process---it was informal and like two sentences long and to an attorney who I was super comfortable with and who took the lead on setting everything up for me.

Thank yous are not necessary. End of story

[Hutz_and_Goodman]

This is unlikely to make any difference. Interviewers are evaluating you within 10 mins of when you leave the office. I've been doing them for the last two weeks. By the time the attorney got your email they had very likely already given their impression of you.

[Genius]

Requesting sticky as Exhibit 100000 on why thank you notes are a bad idea

[Yeezus Wept]

Thank you notes are for suckers. Plus the last thing I want to do after a callback is draft four or five awkwardly personalized email. Rather just walk back to the hotel and drink a beer while watching the Olmypics in my underwear.

[TEM]

I wrote thank you notes to all the attorneys I interviewed with this year, screeners and CBs. It takes a lot of time, and I know a lot of people caution against it, but it seems intuitive to me. Maybe that was the way I was raised, I've always sent thank you notes for just about anything - lunch with an attorney, etc.

Also, on topic to OP, I think I sent a typo to one of the attorneys at the first firm I got an offer from, so who knows. Maybe they didn't notice it, or maybe they didn't even read it.

[KMart]

I wrote thank you notes to all the attorneys I interviewed with this year, screeners and CBs. It takes a lot of time, and I know a lot of people caution against it, but it seems intuitive to me. Maybe that was the way I was raised, I've always sent thank you notes for just about anything - lunch with an attorney, etc.

Also, on topic to OP, I think I sent a typo to one of the attorneys at the first firm I got an offer from, so who knows. Maybe they didn't notice it, or maybe they didn't even read it.

It's fine to do it for yourself if you get some pleasure out of it but it's not going to make/break a cb. It's more likely a thank you note will hurt you than help you. Again - you can still choose to do it, but you certainly do not have to.

[bluthmodelhome]

Requesting sticky as Exhibit 100000 on why thank you notes are a bad idea

[GoneSouth]

I repeatedly see "the way I was raised" as a justification for doing thank yous. Just because it something is the way you were raised doesn't mean it was a good idea. And I really doubt that your parents were contemplating the situation of law firm screeners/call backs when they taught you that you should write thank yous.

[Anonymous User]

I very recently had a callback at a V10. Felt like everything went great, but in a thank you email to 1 of the 4 attorneys I met with, I said my time there "confirmed by interest in the firm." Deadly?

Same thing happened to me as well on one of my V10 thank you emails -- not the same error but a pretty glaring one (repeating same word twice). I received an offer after a few days, so it's certainly not "deadly," but I'm assuming it made my offer harder to give since all of my other NYC CB offers came next day.

[Bluem_11]

I should be sending the students thank you notes for allowing me to bill 0.5-1 hour to my target talking to some mope rather than writing another document.

Please don't send a thank you note. I know you don't really appreciate my time.

[rpupkin]

I wrote thank you notes to all the attorneys I interviewed with this year, screeners and CBs. It takes a lot of time, and I know a lot of people caution against it, but it seems intuitive to me. Maybe that was the way I was raised, I've always sent thank you notes for just about anything - lunch with an attorney, etc.

I was raised by traditional parents who taught me to send thank-you notes when someone did something for you that they did not have to do—e.g., sent a gift, invited you to stay in their home. I confess I've never heard of the custom of sending thank-you notes to someone who is just doing their job. I don't send thank-you notes every time someone bags my groceries. Attorneys who are interviewing you—and the recruiters who are arranging for your interviews—are just doing their jobs; they're not going out of their way for you.

To use one of your examples, I can see sending a thank-you email to an attorney who took time out of his day to have lunch with you to talk about your career. I don't think a thank-you note is necessary or expected in such circumstances, but I can see why someone might do it. But sending thank-you notes to people who are conducting job interviews? It's just plain weird.