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Do it, but make it specific, as well.

I recently had an interview with a panel of 11 people. Afterward I did a ton of sleuthing to get everyone's email address, not all of the worked for the institution so it was not easy. I called a couple orgs to get emails, etc.

One of the reasons I got the job, I found out later, was that I reached out to everyone (including 2 undergraduates on the commitee) and wrote not a generic thank you but a personal note that referenced something they had mentioned in the interview--a question, an idea, an experience, a concern, etc.

I turned down the job for other reasons, but I learned that in interviews, make sure you write notes about what each person says and contact them after and use that information to show that you were really listening to them and took to heart their position. (The job was a leadership one in which I would be overseeing a variety of people, from students to professionals older than I was so it was key to show taht I was collaborative, etc).  [/quote]

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