Post Interview Thank You Letter

[lje]

This seems to be something which has come from the States. I've done a lot of interviewing in my time and I've never had a thank you letter in the UK or China, but when I lived in the US I used to get them all the time. I found it creepy to be honest.

[SupremeSpod]

I don't send a thank you letter. At the end of the interview I just thank them for their time and make sure they know I'm interested (even if Im not). It's the polite thing to do.

What psycho-cat said.

[d000hg]

Does the agency send you a thankyou letter for letting them represent you?

[amcdonald]

Sending a thank you letter just makes you look desperate

[Mr.Whippy]

I once sent a thank you email direct to the client after they offered me a role and I declined. I sent them the email to thank them for the offer and to explain why I'd declined it because I wasn't sure what bulltulip the agent would feed them as he was pretty annoyed I didn't take it and I didn't want him to ruin any potential future work at that client.

[Pondlife]

I usually wait a month and then send an invoice.

[jmo21]

I once sent a thank you email direct to the client after they offered me a role and I declined. I sent them the email to thank them for the offer and to explain why I'd declined it because I wasn't sure what bulltulip the agent would feed them as he was pretty annoyed I didn't take it and I didn't want him to ruin any potential future work at that client.

I think this is only scenario when I would do it.

[Spacecadet]

I'm curious - do any of you send thank you letters / emails to interviewers?

Never

I only on very rare occasion bother with a covering letter, if they want my thanks, they can hire me (which they usually do!)

[DimPrawn]

What brought this dull thread back to life?