How do you balance brevity and detail when writing a thank-you note for multiple interviewers?

You should get a chance to ask your questions at the end of the interview. Ask the interviewer about the top three challenges they want to solve by filling the position. Write a thank-you letter, mention a challenge, and offer a potential solution. The interviewer will notice your willingness to help them with their challenges. If all goes well, you will receive a job offer.

An alternative strategy is to send separate thank you emails to each interviewer—- this way, you have a direct line of communication to each person individually and can nurture the unique connection. This tip is credit to job search and career consultant Jenny Foss.

If you did your homework before the interview, then you should have a good idea of who you are writing to. Make it easy on yourself - think of one or two points of discussion in the interview that you would like to share, sprinkle in how you can solve problems and deliver solutions in the new role, and that's it: you have your thank-you note in 10 minutes.

The thank-you note is also a good chance to reiterate how you can bring value to the team, using specific examples of how your skills or experience could be applied to a problem at hand.

In the U.K. writing a post interview thank you note, handwritten or email, is a big no no. It’s instructive and desperate and as a recruiter with 30 years experience it would put me off a candidate strongly. These articles are very US centric.

Email thank-you notes are probably best in most situations. When we sent resumes via mail (remember the fancy, thick paper that we used in the '90s), then handwritten thank-you notes were the norm. I had fancy notecards with my name on them for my notes. Today, with so many people working in a remote or hybrid model, handwritten notes really aren't necessary. Emailed notes are perfect in most cases.

Thank you notes should be emailed to ensure they reach recipients as soon as possible. Hiring teams often meet shortly after the interview to make a decision to proceed or not with a candidate. Aim to e-mail the thank you note within 24 hours of your interview.

So currently it's 2023, and you don't really get access to contact information from the people you actually interview with. What I've been doing is sending a thankbyou note to the recruiter and politely asked him to relay a thank you note to the team. I my last interview was 3 half hour interviews. I'm sending one note to all three.

When writing your thank-you note, think about the main points that you discussed during the interview and potentially review the job description one more time as you set the tone for your note. Share your reasons for being interested in the opportunity - hiring managers want to know that you can do the job, but they also want you to be excited about the role. You want to demonstrate that hiring you is a "win-win" proposition for both you and the employer, so feel free to discuss why you are excited about this role and company.

Thank-you notes can really set you apart from the competition. A recent Harvard Business Review survey estimated that only 25% of job seekers send thank-you notes after an interview, while 80% of hiring managers believe that they are helpful in making a hiring decision. However, a note with errors or typos could hurt you. It doesn't hurt to have an extra set of eyes review the thank-you note before you send it (or use an online tool such a Grammarly to review).