After the Interview

Even if you feel you aced the interview, or feel you made the worst impression of any candidate, you should take 2 easy steps to make yourself stand out. You have nothing to lose by being polite and cordial.

1) Send a Thank-You letter

By hand with your best penmanship skills, write out a thank you letter to your interviewer or employer for taking the time to meet and learn more about you. You can add how much you were impressed by the facility and staff, and how well you would fit in. Keep it short and simple, but don’t make it generic. Talk about things you learned during the interview that have made you more interested in joining. Whatever you do, send a letter and not just an e-mail that can quickly be deleted.

2) Make follow-up calls

You can also call after about a week to thank the interviewer, and ask if he knows the status of the position. If he does not know, ask when a good time to call back would be. If you happen to get bad news and are declined the position, be a good sport and ask what they were looking for. Get something out of the time you invested, find out what you could have done to sway their favor in your direction.