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I know this topic has been done to death, but I'm wondering if the circumstances make it any different.

Firm is midsized. >100 associates. Not hiring on a normal mass cycle. Do I send a thank you email?

Also, if I do send thank you emails, should I use first name if I addressed them by their first name when I met them? Or always use "Mr./Ms. X" regardless?

Anonymous User wrote:I know this topic has been done to death, but I'm wondering if the circumstances make it any different.

Firm is midsized. >100 associates. Not hiring on a normal mass cycle.

Also, if I do send thank you emails, should I use first name if I addressed them by their first name when I met them? Or always use "Mr./Ms. X" regardless?

It also helps to send a typed letter. I thought I botched my interview with a federal agency I really wanted to work at, but I sent a typed letter via snail mail. I got the job a couple days later.

Yes you should send thank you notes because you are a human and they are humans.

I was not planning on hiring this person but I got a very nice thank you letter, so I overlooked every reason not to hire them and changed my mind. Said no one ever.

I was going to hire this person but I got a thank you email that sounded desperate/creepy and had typos. I didnt make him or her an offer. Said many ppl on TLS.

You decide.

hugerez wrote: I was going to hire this person but I got a thank you email that sounded desperate/creepy and had typos. I didnt make him or her an offer. Said many ppl on TLS.

Yup. I've received such emails before. Not that the candidate had a chance in the first place, but it took him from the "maybe" pile to the "definitely no" pile. If you're going to send a thank-you email, keep it brief and generic.
"Hello John,

Thank you for the opportunity to interview with you today. I'm glad to meet a fellow avid tennis player! I hope we get a chance to play sometime!

Best Regards,
Samantha"

totesTheGoat wrote:

hugerez wrote: I was going to hire this person but I got a thank you email that sounded desperate/creepy and had typos. I didnt make him or her an offer. Said many ppl on TLS.

Yup. I've received such emails before. Not that the candidate had a chance in the first place, but it took him from the "maybe" pile to the "definitely no" pile. If you're going to send a thank-you email, keep it brief and generic.
"Hello John,

Thank you for the opportunity to interview with you today. I'm glad to meet a fellow avid tennis player! I hope we get a chance to play sometime!

Best Regards,
Samantha"

As expected, the common knowledge is "better to not send a thank you email than to risk sending one." But do you all think the size of the firm and interviewing off OCI-cycle factor in to whether sending a thank you email actually becomes something expected?

Anonymous User wrote:

totesTheGoat wrote:

hugerez wrote: I was going to hire this person but I got a thank you email that sounded desperate/creepy and had typos. I didnt make him or her an offer. Said many ppl on TLS.

Yup. I've received such emails before. Not that the candidate had a chance in the first place, but it took him from the "maybe" pile to the "definitely no" pile. If you're going to send a thank-you email, keep it brief and generic.
"Hello John,

Thank you for the opportunity to interview with you today. I'm glad to meet a fellow avid tennis player! I hope we get a chance to play sometime!

Best Regards,
Samantha"

As expected, the common knowledge is "better to not send a thank you email than to risk sending one." But do you all think the size of the firm and interviewing off OCI-cycle factor in to whether sending a thank you email actually becomes something expected?

No. Never. Unless the firm asks for one and that is also never.

Anonymous User wrote: But do you all think the size of the firm and interviewing off OCI-cycle factor in to whether sending a thank you email actually becomes something expected?

It's not expected anywhere, no matter the circumstances. Some older folks find it a welcome surprise, but they are few and far between. At least for me, the decision is already made by the time I would receive a thank you note. Either your resume is already in the "made the cut" pile, or it has been thrown away. I'm not fishing it out of the trash can just because somebody sent me a thank you email.

The only situation where I'd maybe write such a letter is if you're overqualified for the job. In that case, it signals that you're still interested in the position. That obviously doesn't apply in your situation.