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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This week I've been part of a panel interviewing folks for an open position.  The first two folks we interviewed sent a thank-you email within 4 hours, the third candidate hasn't sent anything.  I wouldn't have cared if no-one sent a note, but because the first two folks did send one, I think less of the third because he didn't.

(One possibility is that the third candidate feels like he bombed the interview, and didn't send a note because he's already given up.)   [/quote]

I've never thought this way when I interview someone. I do not understand it at all. Does your employer know you take this stuff into account? If someone told me they were dinging candidates for this stuff, I would be livid. [b]They're not interviewing to be your friend[/b]. [/quote]

Lol.  That's exactly what most of my interviewers in a long career at one F500 company have been looking for.

They totally want people who pass their "have a beer with" / "airport test".

This a great disadvantage being a nerdy female applying for jobs controlled by alpha males.[/quote]
Actually, I disagree. By the final interviews, you know the candidates are qualified. At this point, I am looking at how this person will fit in with the organization. I know they can do the job, but I want to make sure they will be a good fit with our organization. Now, being a nerdy female would be a positive for me, but I understand what the PP is getting at.[/quote]

If you get to the end of the process and there isn't candidate differentiation such that you're going to thank you letters for tiebreakers, your hiring process is bad. It's not about "are they qualified?", it's about who's better. You don't know that until you see who sends a thank you letter?[/quote]

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