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Guidelines : Thank You for the Interview

Thank You for the Interview

Guidelines and Alternate Phrases

• Express your appreciation for the interview and reconfirm your interest in working for the company.
• I so much appreciate the opportunity you gave me yesterday to meet with you and your staff in such an informal setting.
• Thank you for taking the time to talk with me one-on-one about the sales and marketing position.
• After talking with you yesterday, I’m even more excited about the possibility of working with you as an auditor.
• Thanks so much for your time in reviewing your needs and the job responsibilities as a media consultant.
• I was so pleased with the opportunity yesterday to discuss with you the management responsibilities and opportunities available in your Detroit branch.
• Our discussions yesterday were so enlightening. I had no idea you were currently investigating so many new product ideas–that makes me even more eager to work with you at Harbro.
• Summarize the key contributions you think you can bring to the company, basing your remarks on the job requirements mentioned in the interview and on problems you think you can solve in the position.
• After hearing of your predicament with the scattered management team, I’ve given more thought to another possible approach. Perhaps you could…I think my experience with…would have a direct bearing on that outcome.
• My six years’ experience in computer technical support areas certainly has prepared me to address the two continuing problems you mentioned….
• Your mention of the company’s plans to increase PR activities in the local community sound particularly interesting to me because of my long-time media contacts. I would be most eager to explore placement of articles with these key people, who could certainly position Forrester in the limelight.
• Close with your eagerness for their positive decision.
• I have every confidence I can contribute to your growth.
• Let me know if we should talk further. I think the possibilities for our association are almost endless.
• I’ll look forward to hearing your decision about the copywriting job.
• I do want to go to work for you to see what I can do in turning the sales situation around. I’ll be eager to hear what you decide.
• Thank you once again for talking with me about the position. I’ll be expecting to hear from you shortly.
• I am happy to know you will be making the decision soon. I’ll be eager to get a call from you.
• I’ll appreciate your giving me a call when you’ve made a decision about this position.
• Thanks again for outlining the challenges to me–I’m ready to go to work.

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Example 1: Interview thank you letter sample

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Addressee
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Dear Mr. Barnhart:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you personally yesterday about the position of technical editor. Your company sounds as though it has a superior strategy for putting together technical proposals to meet client needs. I do appreciate the time you spent in overviewing the entire process from engineer surveys to final copy.

My experience in working with more than 50 engineers in the past two years has given me broad experience in combining technical accuracy and principles of good writing. Since our discussion about the current lack of people skills in the editing process, I’m even more eager to bring a sense of cooperation to the job and a willingness to work with your engineers on subsequent drafts until we have a winning proposal in hand.

I’m looking forward to your decision about having me go to work with you to increase your winning proposal ratio.

Sincerely,
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Example 2: Thank You for the Interview

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Addressee
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Dear Mrs. Trindle:

Thank you for taking the time to speak with me about the opportunities and responsibilities of your service manager position. The dealership’s service center is certainly an impressive operation with up-to-date equipment and a well-trained staff to repair today’s computer-driven vehicles.

I feel I would be particularly well-suited to assist in your effort to improve your public image. In my position as service manager of Sonny’s Transmission Repair, we have earned the Best of Cleveland—Best Car Repair Shop Award from the Cleveland Sentinel for the last four years. I have instituted a six-point customer communication policy that strengthens customer confidence. Since I have managed the shop, repeat business is up 30 percent. I am confident I could do the same for your dealership.

I look forward to hearing from you. I think our association would be a mutually beneficial one.

Sincerely,
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Example 3: After interview thank you letter

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Addressee
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Dear Mr. O’Brien:

It was a pleasure to speak with you on Monday regarding the Kids’ Spot assistant producer position. Kids’ Spot sounds like a show that will educate and entertain children for many years to come. I appreciate you taking the time to explain the assistant producer position to me in detail. I feel as though I have a very good idea of what my typical day would be like if I came to your show.

I certainly understand your worries that children’s programming is saturated. In my production work on Simon’s Sandbox, a children’s television show created by the University of Ohio, I gained experience on how to carve out a niche within the industry. When the show’s ratings dropped in 1996, I led a project to retool the program as a nature program. Subsequent ratings were consistently in the top three in northern Ohio children’s programming.

Kids’ Spot’s concentration on safety issues is a much-needed approach. The challenge is to maintain an entertaining tone rather than a lecturing tone. I have several ideas for characters and sketches that would help achieve that goal.

I am eager to hear from you. I think I could make real contributions to Kids’ Spot.

Sincerely,
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Example 4: Follow up letter after interview

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Addressee
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Dear Ms. Mesner:

I appreciate the time you took out of your busy Monday to explain World Watch’s current projects and the role of the researcher in your business. I already knew that World Watch was one of the most well-respected environmental research firms in the country, but I was surprised at the number of major federal projects you currently handle.

During my graduate studies in the environmental studies department at El Paso College I worked as a research assistant under Dr. Lyle Cardoman, the chair of the Federal Committee on Habitat Conservation. Dr. Cardoman’s committee established the environmental impact guidelines, so I am very familiar with the ins and outs of federal environmental impact studies.

I have every confidence that I would be an asset to your research staff. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
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Example 5: Thank you letter after job interview

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Addressee
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Dear Mr. Nelson:

Thank you for meeting with me yesterday to discuss Fowler State’s library system and your assistant librarian opening. Since I was an undergraduate at Fowler State I have been impressed with the extensive library holdings and your commitment to keeping materials accessible to students.

Your struggle to maintain the collections and periodicals subscriptions in the face of budget cuts is one of the major challenges libraries face. I addressed this issue in my master’s thesis, studying the methods four university libraries’ used to cope with decreasing funding.

I have several ideas for Fowler’s library system which proved effective with other universities. For instance, periodicals-tracking software that calculates the circulation rates of specific titles and their annual costs can help you decide which are the most important subscriptions to maintain. Several universities have also had some success obtaining grants to replace previous institutional support. Considering Fowler’s reputation this approach seems quite promising.

I want to see what I can do to improve the library’s funding situation. I am eager to hear what you decide.

Sincerely,
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