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It's funny, but I can't tell if it's making some larger point.
by CoastalCoder 3y ago
It's funny, but I can't tell if it's making some larger point.
- miobrien 3y agoThe ridiculousness of having to send formulaic, bullshit "thank you" emails after interviews.
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- itsoktocry 3y ago>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.
- zdragnar 3y agoI don't think the thank you notes are a sign of the market shift. I started seeing them from people coming fresh out of code camps, and assumed it was just some jobs-hunting coaching recommendation. 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.
- shapefrog 3y agoI need to dig out the article(s) ... 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-after-job-interview-2019-4?r=US&IR=T 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-people-i-interview-are-making-these-days-2012-2?r=US&IR=T 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."
- varjag 3y agoThis must be highly cultural. After you done the interview, shook hands and thanked the interviewer there in person there is little point of follow up other than an opportunity of reminding of yourself in the consideration process.
- hotnfresh 3y agoEvery interviewer seems to have some set of these weird little expectations about behavior, that are basically arbitrary. Worse, some are mutually exclusive (maybe not so much in this case—though, see elsewhere in the thread where someone mentions this seems like a fresh-out-of-code-camp thing, so it might send a negative signal!) so lots of rejections end up having a reason behind them, but a very stupid reason that you can’t really defend against, to be blunt.
- justinclift 3y ago> If someone doesn't send a thank-you email, don't hire them. You may be missing out on a lot of potentially good people. Alternatively, maybe they're dodging a bullet. ;)
- jmbwell 3y agoI have no problem with thank you notes; I think they’re courteous and easy to send. It never hurts. If you don’t get hired you lose nothing, and if you do, you’re starting on a pleasant note. 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.
- lrpe 3y agoIs that really something people do? Really seems insincere and inappropriate to me. Is it a cultural thing?
- specproc 3y agoAmerican possibly. I've only seen them from American candidates.
- ghaff 3y agoMaybe? It just seems like good manners. Don't overdo it but as an interviewer I don't expect an email but I'd find it very normal to receive a short polite one.
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- Supermancho 3y agoOver 25 years as a programmer, I've only seen some very jr developers (no industry experience), do this. It's unlikely to help you in getting the position, which is why it's rare.
- iteria 3y agoSome nearly 15 years ago, one of my elders told me to do this. I was later told this was the reason they picked me over someone else. That's the story of how I got a job at a megacorp. In massive companies, HR people can feel really undervalued. In a sea of a dozen of equally qualified juniors, a hand written card can tip the scale. At least then. It wouldn't have moved me and I don't know when the last time an HR person got to be the final decision maker on a hire, but that's some context.
- BoxFour 3y agoMy take: It’s just classic satire employing exaggeration to highlight the absurdities of common experiences where people feel the need to justify the non-interview parts of their job interview. I often get profuse written apologies for minor mistakes, such as using the wrong name, which I never care to remember and never factors into decisions because I understand interviewee nerves. Here, the comedy arises from the stark contrast: while minor slip-ups are forgettable and need no apology, a bite surely isn't, making it humorously memorable.
- jaxomlotus 3y agoSome things are just funny for the sake of being funny.
- sdwr 3y agoWell, the "joke" part of it is that his explanation remains formal and polite while his behavior gets progressively more feral and then it's funny in a tension-relieving way. The common interview experience is having to remain professional while under stress.
- deepserket 3y agoTo me it looks like (sexual) harassment: 1: I’m sorry; 2: I was just hungry, your fingers passed near my mouth; 3: It was a joke; 4: It was your fault;