Once you have attended the interview well, the next thing to be done by you to cement your prospect of getting the job is to follow up. Now, the question that would be arising in your mind is regarding the best method to contact your interviewer, whether to send a thank-you letter through email or to send a thank-you letter after a week through mail? Some tips for effective follow up are given below:
• Try to get the business card of the interviewer and this will be helpful for you in contacting him either through his email id or through phone. Get hold of the business card carefully since you do not know whether it will be useful for in future or not.
• It would be better if you send a thank-you letter immediately on the same evening, thanking the interviewer for spending his valuable time with you. When you decide to send it through mail, you can send it in printed form. While some interviewer prefers email contact, some might prefer to get a handwritten note, so that it will give a more personal touch. When you writing the letter, you can also write regarding some personal characteristics of the interviewer which was admired by you.
• When you prefer to send your thanks letter through email, include a professional signature with your email address, phone number and your name. In the subject line of the email, try to make use of words that will enable you to stand out.
• When you are writing thanks letter, select the perfect words and the language should be good enough. In the thanks letter, you can show your interest in the position and your interest in working with the interviewer. You can highlight your skills with respect to the position and can also include some information, which you failed to provide during the interview. Begin the letter with personalized salutation like ‘Dear’ and also end the letter with closing lines like ‘warmly’ and ‘sincerely’.
• Instead of using colons in salutation and closing line, you can use commas. Do not ever use commanding words like ‘contact me’ or ‘get back to me’. You are writing this letter just to thank the interviewer and for showing your interest in the job.
• Before sending your letter, it is better to review it once or twice to find whether you have used appropriate words. Try to make the letter as short as possible.
• Many people say that sending the follow-up letter on Monday mornings would be apt since it might grasp the attention the interviewer easily. But, when you are sending the letter on Monday mornings there are chances of the letter getting missed in chaos. You can try to send the letter towards the end of the week since during this time the interviewer might get enough time to go through your mail.
Hope, the above-mentioned tips will be of great use to you in making an effective follow-up after completing your interview.
