This is concerning an interview, and i wrote thank you letters to all my interviewers and i heard back from some (this was all by e-mail). i was just curious as to whether it was etiquette, or they really did like me.
Do you respond to thank yous?
2007-02-27 04:27:52 · 6 answers · asked by sidenafil 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I don't think it's ettiquette, otherwise, when they thank you for the thank you letter, than you need to thank them back and so on. It would never end. Usually, when you get a thanks for a thanks, it's because they have the time and want you to know they received it or because they were impressed. I sometimes respond to thank you's, but usually when I see the person or if I happen to send an e-mail or call on the phone.
2007-02-27 04:32:44 · answer #1 · answered by VW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no requirement to thank someone for an interview in writing. (Of course you said thanks at the end of the interview, though.) There certainly is no requirement of ettiquette that someone respond to an unsolicited and unnecessary e-mail. Chances are most of those who you contacted just saw your e-mail as irrelevant and immediately deleted it. Certainly that's what I would have done. I might have mentally thought it was nice that an applicant chose to say thank-you, but I certainly wouldn't have prolonged an e-mail chain by responding.
In the e-mail communication I do, this seems to be a difference between men and women. Women always seem to think a response is necessary to everything, while men just note it and go on--assuming things are OK unless they respond otherwise. As a man, it seems to me that few things are sillier than sending countless unnecessary e-mails back and forth. A lot of women, though, seem to think that e-mail "conversation" is a good thing.
2007-02-27 13:05:40 · answer #2 · answered by dmb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's ettiquette but also good to have sent thank-yous after the interviews were over.
2007-02-27 14:00:23 · answer #3 · answered by missgigglebunny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You definitely did the right thing by sending a thank you note for the interview. But to answer your question, no it wasn't necessary for the company to send you a thank you in return. If they did, they may have simply appreciated you coming in to meet them or they were just letting you know the status of your application in their thank you response. After I have interviewed someone, I do take notice of those who were thoughtful enough to send a thank you note. Employers do look for those things.
2007-02-27 12:45:29 · answer #4 · answered by Paddington 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A thank you letter is always something you need to do. Normally you get a letter from them...and that ends the letter giving part.
2007-02-27 12:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by deathfromace 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't have even wrote a thank-you letter. If you didn't get the job, it's like saying "Thanks for the rejection". It is a nice gesture but totally unnecessary. Companies are not obligated to respond to a thank-you letter anyway.
2007-02-27 12:35:07 · answer #6 · answered by pussnboots333 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋