expressing willingness to learn without looking desperate Forum

[Anonymous User]

Anon because the interviewer might read this forum.

I had an interview for a job that I reaally want. It is a practice area that I do not have experience in. The interviewer said that they don't require prior experience in this area of law, as long as the person is willing to work hard to learn it.

I am now going to write a thank you/follow-up email after the interview. I want to do whatever I can to boost my chances because I really do want this job and really am willing to work extra hard, I would even put in extra hours in my spare time to learn the ropes.

I was thinking I could try to express this in the email ... so that they know they can count on me to actually work hard to learn this stuff. On TV Shows the character always says something cheesy like "I promise you can count on me to work really hard, etc" .. is that too cheesy for real life?

What's a good way to express this to them without sounding cheesy or desperate?

[jhett]

Your time to have made this impression was during the interview, not now in a follow up email.

Don't try to convince them in writing after the fact - it'll only serve to highlight your insecurities. Say something general like "Look forward to working with you and learning more about practice X."

[Anonymous User]

Hi OP, what area of law is this? I'm very curious because I would like to switch practice areas and I'm looking for ones that don't necessarily require experience.

[Anonymous User]

Hi OP, what area of law is this? I'm very curious because I would like to switch practice areas and I'm looking for ones that don't necessarily require experience.

hey this was corporate compliance

[Anonymous User]

Hi OP, what area of law is this? I'm very curious because I would like to switch practice areas and I'm looking for ones that don't necessarily require experience.

hey this was corporate compliance

Did you get the job?

[Anonymous User]

Hi OP, what area of law is this? I'm very curious because I would like to switch practice areas and I'm looking for ones that don't necessarily require experience.

hey this was corporate compliance

Did you get the job?

Nope .. it was weird because they had asked me for a writing sample and to schedule an interview with another partner, and I sent the sample, but before I got a chance to schedule the follow up interview they reached out and said they ended up hiring someone else.

I don't know if it was a problem with my original interview, if my writing sample was bad, or if nothing went wrong but someone else was already in the pipeline and they just confirmed it with them.