Gretchen then wrote a thank-you note to Microsoft: "I felt like Laura Ingalls Wilder, " the author of novels about pioneer families.
This advice is as old as the interview process itself, but many candidates still fail to follow it, especially in the casual world of tech start-ups: Send a thank-you note.
Then after the interview, put effort into a thank-you note that reflects on what the person said and offers an idea about how to solve a problem that came up in the meeting.
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If the First Spouse is willing, how about a thank-you note for every taxpayer signed by the President of the United States and the often much-more-popular First Spouse? (To save on postage, it could be mailed along with the annual Social Security report people get sometime close to their birthdays, for example.) And how about a dinner at the White House honoring the top 100 taxpayers in the country?
Von Platen, on the other hand, sent Nick a handwritten thank-you note and enclosed some Porsche swag as well.
In fact, one corporate head has sent me a personal thank-you note for the policies that helped them to yield great profit.
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Send a thank you note and get in touch by e-mail or with a phone call to ask a smart question so they know you're interested.
Either way, you send a thank you note and check your inbox compulsively for a week, waiting not-so-patiently for some sort of response.
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As recruiting creeps into the early days of the school year on many campuses, interviews for elite consulting, finance and management trainee positions begin just a few months in schools have less time to train students on interview etiquette or the art of the thank-you note.
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