I think this fomat and procedure of following up is pertinent to a prospective middle to senior management positions, not for the supervisory/other category job interviews.
In these cases, especially in Indian scenario, the in-house HR agent (who generally is a single point of contact for the candidates) doesn't even have time to look at the faces :)
May be, the authour of this column is talking about some ideal scenario, or this article is just a text book stuff suited to not many of them.
Sorry, I didn't find it useful enough, as the senior management guys already know these things to write, what the author could have concentrated more on was the follow-up skills for the non-management candidates.
Thank u very much Ma'am for the sample letter. It helps lot of the job seekers to do pretty well during their interview. We would be much more thankful to you if you send a sample resume format for freshers as well as experienced candidates. This would be much more appreciated from my side.
I didn't find this article useful at all. The interview should speak for itself. If I am good, I need not write such follow-up mails. Also, if I show too much of a keenness, it is likely that my salary / benefits will be compromised. Again, decisions whether to send the candidate to the next round are taken right then, sometimes before the interview ends. One doesn't wait for 24 hours to take a decision, expecting a follow-up mail. Somehow, I don't find this situation realistic. . More importantly, I also take interviews and we are not encouraged to share personal information with candidates.
This is realy a fantastic session I had.. Its gving a better idea how to approch an interviewer. I would like to get some specimen CVs for the Post of Network / System administration.
The article is very informative and interesting Will really givve some idea or help for the persons who had attended an interview and are not sure of what to do immediately after that
