Please, I beg you, always follow up after an interview

You’ve made it this far. You’ve made all those small percentages add up. Don’t screw it up now….

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝘂𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. I recommend four components:

1️⃣ Thank the interviewer for their time, it was great to meet them etc.

2️⃣ Restate something new you learned about the role or the business in the interview. It never hurts to show you were actually paying attention…

3️⃣ Connect one (or more) of your skills and experience to the new thing you mentioned above. If they often miss product launch dates and you nail them, mention that. If they plan to review their martech stack and you’ve done that before, mention that. If they lack knowledge in a particular vertical market and you have it…you get the idea.

4️⃣ Sign off with how excited you are about the opportunity and how you’re looking forward to learning about next steps.

If you’re like me and ideas are better when you’ve slept on them, draft it the day of the interview, then review and send it first thing the next day.

Feel free to ping me if you need help to think through your interview follow-up.

PS. Even if you don’t want the job, follow up politely to decline, you never know what the future may bring...