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Why TCS is so rude and self proclaimed kinda. I declined TCS offer last year as they were giving very less CTC. Now I got interviewed again with TCS and cleared all the rounds but they are not reactivating my ibegin portal for document upload since I rejected them last year...in this way u think they will never ever reactivate my profile.
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I just got a job because I wrote thank you notes and because I asked slightly better questions in the interview. I was choice 1A and someone else was choice 1B. It won’t often make the difference but it can. No one responded to my notes but apparently it mattered and set me apart. Just do it - it takes little time and if you’re dinged for it, you shouldn’t want to work there.
This! I will always write them because when I was in law school, I got an in house clerkship because I wrote a thank you note. My boss told me I was the only one who wrote a thank you note and it set me apart from others. Takes a few minutes but can help greatly.
Mixed bag for me over the years. I’ve finally landed on only sending thank you notes for jobs I really want—I feel like sending something thoughtful as opposed to a generic thank you is worth my time.
Yes, what worked for me is I specifically mentioned something from the interview in each of my notes. Each note was 3-4 sentences long.
Idk where the idea came from that thank-you notes are out-of-style or unnecessary, but it has clearly taken root among summers and associates. Let me tell you, the trend is irritating interviewers! Thank you notes are a bare minimum requirement for me to vote yes. People are taking time out of their busy day to help find the right hire for their organization. Do not pass on this simple courtesy after spending a half hour with someone talking about yourself.
Okay boomer…
I just got a job offer without sending thank you notes. I would have, but I was dealing with a new baby. On another note, as a hiring manager, I actually don't care either way. My inbox has enough emails. I think this matters more at law firms, which might explain the pro-thank you note people on this thread being associates.
A1, congrats! I don't think you can go wrong sending them.
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Always do it.
It never hurts and compliance with the unspoken rules (e.g. 1 page PDF resume, saved with an appropriate file name) can help put you over the top in edge cases.
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Maybe for junior roles. I wouldnt send notes to more senior ppl in a company. As an interviewer if I get one I just delete and it doesnt impact me one way or other. These days they kind of come off as "cringe" as the kids say
How would you even find your interviewer’s email though? Aren’t most interviews coordinated though recruiting so that you only get thr name and title of the person interviewing you?
In my experience on both sides, the interviewers usually give their business cards and say that if the interviewee has any questions to feel free to email.
no, not anymore. have had 3 IHC jobs and have sent thank you's to absolutely nobody
The reason some argued against thank you notes is because if not crafted well, it can actually hurt your chances. What are you really adding by sending one? Did you not thank them at the end of the interview? It also depends on the interviewer. So instead of taking that unnecessary risk the advice was to not send.
1. It’s not about me; 2. What do you add with 3 sentences?; and 3. Did you just start working and not see how some lawyers write?
It’s been over ten years, but I hand-wrote thank you notes when I interviewed at my firm to every single partner and associate who interviewed me on very nice personal stationary - and snail-mailed them with actual stamps. I included a specific detail of the applicable conversation in every note. There were more than 25 of them, as my firm likes consensus in making hiring decisions, so it was most definitely time consuming.
I think it is probably rare to do what I did, as I’ve never received a personalized, snail-mail TY note from someone I’ve interviewed; and there have been plenty. But I think it would only be appreciated (at best) or disregarded (at worst) and could not possibly be a negative.
PC1 - not offended. I am def a nerd and also GenX. So I grew up and my “norm” on this topic evolved from a very different time - there was no email when I graduated high school, and when email existed, sending a TY that way would have been seen as lazy and rude. But “now” is a vastly different time, and that’s ok. I’m adjusting;-)
That said, I rarely receive even a tailored email thank you note. And I’d def view it as a positive if someone bothered to do so. But there are plenty of younger folks who weigh in on hiring (and we really value everyone’s feedback), so maybe the days of TY notes (real ones or the old school snail mail ones) are just gone.
I don’t hold it against anyone not to get a TY email or note. But the rare one I receive usually raises my assessment of the candidate, unless riddled with typos or some random reference to a discussion point I do not recall;-)