Ive interviewed people and I dont care if I receive a thank you note - I prefer not to get one given the amount of emails I get per day.
If you’re interviewing multiple people and get emails from everyone, after awhile, it gets a little annoying. Not a negative but I could care less and it wouldnt influence my decision at all.
Thanks for confirming. This is what I heard from some young people applying for jobs and/or internships. They said they asked at the end of the interview “where can I send a thank you email” and usually didn’t get any clear answer, especially with big companies.
I’m guessing - most big companies make a decision at the end of the round - b4 a thank you even comes.
The two I’ve worked at are that way.
Even when my son interviewed 2 years ago, he sometimes got callbacks within hours.
Nice touch for you and in today’s market, kids have to grasp for all straws, but unlikely someone says - ehhhh - they were average in the interview but sent me a thank you note - so i’ll move them on.
Thanks, hive! I’ll pass all this on to said kid.
Our S did the 2 day work trial at a SF startup last week. He was given a said project and was told to design and make it run, be creative, and at the end of the 2nd day, present it to the work team and there was a Q&A session. S thought his design worked and his presentations went well. However, given that it has been over a week and they haven’t responded with a decision, I’m thinking it will be a rejection. S feels it was a good experience to be onsite and get a better understanding of startup work and culture. Both days he was there, work continued past 8 pm. He got the sense it is a 9 am to 9 pm work environment. In one of previous virtual interviews, he was told they want projects to be considered “while showering.”
It’s very intense in my opinion. I realize some posters will say long hours can’t be avoided if young adults want to work in tech start ups and be successful. S is not looking for easy work or hours, but it feels like giving up your soul (and mental health). He was given a stipend for the 2 days and they covered travel and hotel expenses. However, his 3rd night hotel stay was not covered and the hotel he was staying at did not even have a room for that 3rd night. He didn’t know this until he got there. I had to find a room for him last minute and vacancy was very limited in SF - $700 for one night. That part wasn’t very cool on the companies part in my opinion given that travel to SF from Chicago meant he had to travel the day before the 1st work trial day and fly back on the day after the 2nd work trial day.