Job Follow Up Letter Interview Preparation Guide

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After every job interview, it is critical to follow up with a thank you note to the person that interviewed you. Thank you notes are not just common courtesy, they are essential elements of the interviewing process.
Your smart competitors will be sending them and employers may hold it against you if you fail to follow up with a thank you. They may view you as uninterested, lazy or impolite.

Sending a follow up letter or follow up email can make the difference between getting the job and getting passed over. It is your opportunity to remind the interviewer of your interest in the job and the top qualifications that set you apart from other applicants.

The following tips will help you craft a great follow up letter for any job interview:
★ Do not procrastinate
★ Customize your job interview follow up letter
★ Your follow up letter is a sales letter
★ Pay attention to the details

A letter sent as a follow-up to an initial letter or to a telephone call, meeting, interview etc. A follow-up letter is sent 11 days later after representatives of RA failed to reply.

Send a follow up letter immediately after the interview. You want to reinforce your good impression in your employer's mind while the memory of the interview is still fresh. If possible, send your follow up letter within 24 hours of the interview.

When writing your follow up letter, it is important to keep your reader in mind her personality, her level within the organization and her top priorities for the job in question.
You also must customize the tone of your letter for each interviewer. You do not want to send a stiff, formal follow up letter to a 28 year old techie manager. You also do not want to be too casual or familiar if your interviewer was a 60 year old CEO in a three-piece suit. Every follow up letter should begin with a sincere expression of appreciation.

Always proof read your follow up letter and make sure everything is spelled correctly, including names. Do not rely on your spell check tool. If you do not know how to spell a person's name, call the office and double check. Nothing is worse than misspelling somebody's name in a follow up letter.

You must look at your follow up letter as a marketing/sales opportunity. This may be your last chance to influence the interviewer and convince him to bring you back for a second interview or even extend a job offer.
After expressing your thanks for the interviewer's time and interest, concisely reiterate why you want the job, why you think you are the best choice for the job, what you can give to the company that other applicants can not and any other selling points for this particular position.

Writing a follow up letter puts you in the Elite club of job hunters because it shows employers you are willing to go the extra mile. Writing a follow up letter after a job interview can dramatically increase your chances for getting the job but knowing how to write an effective one is another trick.

It is best not to introduce anything new (like being nervous in your job interview) that might undo all the hard work you put into that interview. No pleasant meandering chit-chat. No long interesting story about something that just happened to you unless it is absolutely positively relevant to the company's needs.