After the Interview




		After the Interview: Always send a "thank you" letter reaffirming your interest, etc After about a week (but not on a Monday or a Friday), call. Ask to talk to the interviewer. (You probably won't get to talk to him/her, but that is not the purpose of the call). Tell whomever you DO get to talk to that: you are very interested and impressed; that you want to aggressively pursue the position, but you don't want to be a nuisance. Would it be appropriate to call next Wednesday for a status report and who should you call and what is a good time? The goal of all of this is to let them know you care and could be a potential nuisance; to get permission to make another call; and to get a commitment from someone to receive the call. When you make the next call you invoke the concessions obtained in the previous call, "I interviewed earlier this month for the ___position and ________ said it would be appropriate to call ________ for a status report today . . . . " Never conclude a phone call without the permission to make another one a week or so later (or some time frame that both parties agree is reasonable). Sometimes you have to put enough pressure on folks to make it easier for them to do their job than to not. L.H. Garlinghouse Interview Twenty Questions Home © 1999, Paul Dunham