The ridiculousness of having to send formulaic, bullshit "thank you" emails after interviews.
Interesting. I get it, but I've never done this myself (or the had the reverse, someone send one to me).
I think it's interesting just how quickly the power dynamics of "work" change. We can shift from companies throwing money at people to sit around, people working 3 or 4 remote jobs (eventually getting fired, but finding new ones), and ghosting interviews or their first-day-of-work, to people claiming it's a "rough job market" or having to write thank you notes for getting an interview...in a matter of years.
The tech job market is a strange place.
Since then I've seen a few more, but not many. I don't think I've ever waited long enough after an interview to meet with others on making a pass / offer decision for a thank you note to make a difference. Even when we had a group for a single position and there was time to pick between candidates, we at least had already passed on our feedback by the time one could be sent. At that point, I don't know that a thank you note would make a big enough difference for me to reach out and change my feedback that would put them above someone else in consideration.
The person already had gotten the job (they had not been informed yet), so it made no difference in the hiring decision.
They wanted to know which coding question they’d only gotten partial credit on during the screening phase, and why.
They had exceptional attention to detail after being hired too.
You gave them results / feedback on the screening phase? That is probably more rare than their email!
My thinking was if someone took time to give me something, they deserved something in return, even if it wasn't a job.
Sadly I have chased up situations like that only to get told "you provided one of the strongest pieces of work, however, we decided not to proceed to interview" - or responding at all apparently.
I've been hiring people for 10 years, and I still swear by a simple rule: If someone doesn't send a thank-you email, don't hire them.
Jessica Liebman Apr 5, 2019 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-write-thank-you-email...
Its a follow up to previous 2012 work ... https://www.businessinsider.com/the-number-one-mistake-peopl...
"They're all messing up on something that I think is very important when trying to get a job: the Thank You Email."
You may be missing out on a lot of potentially good people.
Alternatively, maybe they're dodging a bullet. ;)
But I would definitely want to know more about the governance of an organization that can sustain such a policy as categorically rejecting a candidate (read: contribution) for not meeting an unexpressed expectation.
We already discussed you immediately after the interview. It's not going to change anything, but it might hurt your chances if it comes across as cringy or brown-nosing - we're also looking for cultural fit, and most Brits just don't do that. If you introduced new information in the email, you're probably going to force us to discuss you again, which is at best annoying and certainly burns up staff time.
So in a UK context, you're best off just saying "Great to meet you all - hope I'll get to work with you" at the end of the interview, and leave it at that.