How can you use a follow-up email to stand out from other candidates?

Think of your interviewing strategy as a marketing campaign. There is a core message (the value proposition of your career journey, stories and competencies), visual assets (resume, cover letter, portfolio, website), live experiences (interviews, coffee chats, etc) and research (prep and follow up conversations, etc.). Think of your follow up email as a personalized part of your campaign to continue and summarize the conversation - it expresses gratitude while also clearly summarizing the overall message of your career story/value to be an asset to the team.

Follow-up e-mail after an interview is a great chance to: 1. Re-emphasize your interest and enthusiasm for the role and the company. 2. Presenting a polite gesture for the intreviewer's time and whatever else you would like to thank for. 3. Highlight the matching skills and competencies.

Definitely try to send the thank you within 24hrs but also consider the timing of the process and your primary goal for the email. For example, if you want to go deeper on a question that was asked that you didn’t feel you fully answered you may decide to create a 1pager, infographic or report to demonstrate your skills. Taking an extra day to personalize your follow up communication with relevant information to build your case is okay as well.

24 - 48 hours after an interview would be perfect timing to send a follow-up e-mail message. Same day would be too soon and 3-4 days later would make the message obselete.

?Express gratitude ?Summarize key points discussed ?Add additional info/attachments ? Confirm next steps or expectations ? Don’t keep following up, let the email marinate

Consider ways to add a personalized touch to the communication. That could include a brief video or audio message, an infographic of key results you shared, etc. Make note of small insights about the person you interviewed with to include as well. Remember you aren’t interviewing with a company, you’re interviewing with people that work for a company. So personalization and thoughtfulness are key!

1. Your personal and authentic interest and enthusiasm for the role and the company. 2. Thanking for the intreviewer's time and whatever else you would like to thank him/her for. 3. Your matching skills and competencies. 4. Specifics like the company/role/date of the interview. 5. Your e-mail and phone just in case.

You might take advantage of AI at this point. You can prepare a follow-up email draft and ask chatgpt to revise with this prompt: Please act as a career consultant and revise my follow up e-mail for "xxx" position in "yyy" company.

You might wait 1-2 weeks after the estimated time of feedback of your interview - this will be app. 3-4 weeks after the interview and send another email to follow-up the hiring process. Please do not write to interrogate but instead in a mood to show enthusiasm for the role and the company. DO NOT rephrase "What's happening/happened?" DO emphasise that you are "Waiting for the hiring process to end positively with great excitement for the role." If you have received another offer you should email your correspondant for the hiring process immediately - briefly letting them know that there is an offer in place and you will be obliged to get back to them asap. Best of the luck with your applications:)

Sending a follow-through email after all interviews is important. In addition, knowing when and how to follow-up after an interview is important and will avoid a lot of guessing. In your interviews ask the interviewer "How and when should I follow up with you?" Be persistent and get specifics. If the first response is "We are interviewing for the rest of this week you should hear from us next week' then ask, "If I don't hear from you by Thursday, can I give you a on Friday? This will let you know how and when to follow up...no more guessing!