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it will be easier for you to place the call since you have provided the
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After the Interview - Follow-Up

The interview is not over when you shale hands and leave the interview
site. It’s over when you get and accept the job offer or another applicant
is hired. Therefore, plan to do additional things during the post-interview
Deriod to enhance your candidacy.
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43. Record information about the interview for your future
reference.

Often you will have more than one interview - probably a series -
with a company. Male notes while the interview is fresh in your
mind, within 24 hours after you leave the interview. Include the
name and position of the interviewer(s), information about the job
(duties, salary) - anything pertinent to the position, your qualifica-
tions for the position which you stressed in the interview, and any
other information you may need later.
You will have a summary of the interview which you can review
prior to a future interview with the firm - whether a follow-up
interview for this same position or another opening at a later time.

44. Send a thank-you letter.

As soon as possible after the interview - later the same day or the
next day at the latest - send a thank-you letter. In this letter
express your appreciation for the time the interviewer(s) spent with
you, indicate your continued interest in the position (if this is the
case), and restate any special skulls or experience you would bring
to the job (keep this brief and well focused).
This is a business letter and the stationery, format, and method
of writing should reflect your professionalism.