Should You Write Thank You Letters? Part 2
I know a few people disagreed with me on my stance on thank you letters. I understand where they are coming from, but I still hold onto my original views.
I know a lot of traditional thinkers are appalled that I don’t write cover letters or thank you letters. Those are the norm! How dare I not take my time to write one! I’m not serious about working for a particular company if I don’t write one!
Well, from my experience, none of the hiring managers took offense when a candidate didn’t write them a letter. I never heard anything like, “She was a great candidate, and I was about to hire her. But she never sent me a letter within 24 hours of our interview so she offended me greatly. She is definitely not going to work here—ever!”
Usually everyone is just too busy to care if you wrote a letter or not. It is a nice surprise though. Although, there probably are hiring managers out there who are psycho and think like that. But why would you want to work for someone like them?
Some people say that thank you letters are a sign to show the company that you are grateful to take the time to interview you. Well, I usually sincerely thank my interviewers at the end of the interview. So that usually should be enough. I can go overboard and remind them again that I’m super thankful with a letter, but that seems a bit desperate to me.
So my current opinion stands. Thank you letters are not necessary. But if you guys out there know of a time where thank you letters did help, please tell me. I would like actual, real life instances where a thank you letter helped an under-qualified candidate to get a position, or an absence of one harmed the chances of a great candidate. If I get some examples, I’ll post them here and show that thank you letters can help.
Oh, and thanks for reading. 
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