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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, I wouldn't expect a thank you note for a phone interview.  I was a recruiter for 8 years and don't think I ever received a thank you note or email for a phone interview, and if I did, I would think it's desperate.[/quote]

+1 I have to agree that in my experience thank you notes more likely than not tend to come off as a little desperate and cheesy and certainly not something I would expect at a senior-level professional position, regardless of whether it was a phone or personal interview.  I frankly find it more difficult to take a candidate seriously after they send a thank you note, but I'm also in an extremely competitive profession that values confidence and, let's be honest, thank you notes rarely come off as confident.  Polite, yes, but confident, definitely not.  And if they are awkward they can flat out detract from any sense of competence I felt about the interviewee.  That being said, I wouldn't outright reject someone because they sent a thank you note.  The thank you email really annoys me, though, because it puts people in the awkward position of feeling like they have to respond, which I find sort of passive aggressive.[/quote]

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