• Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    If you had two very close candidates, and one sent you a followup email making their case specific to the job, that wouldn’t sway you?

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      4 hours ago

      No, because the time to make a case specific to the job is during the interview. Also, interviewees rarely have my email address. I wouldn’t assume they all do.

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        7 hours ago

        That’s definitely not a common thing, unless you’re fielding a new team or division. There is a limit though, yeah? So it could be a deciding factor even when hiring multiple positions from the same pool of candidates.

        Every thank you letter I’ve sent wasn’t a thank you letter at all. I call back to specific things the interviewer said during our interview, and make it one last opportunity to pitch myself as the best candidate.