You can read the Sword of Fargoal 2 thank-you note and watch the thank-you video here.

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Von Platen, on the other hand, sent Nick a handwritten thank-you note and enclosed some Porsche swag as well.

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Gretchen then wrote a thank-you note to Microsoft: "I felt like Laura Ingalls Wilder, " the author of novels about pioneer families.

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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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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.

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They keep Kathryn's thank-you note hanging on a wall.

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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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Sadly, that news portends that the hand-written thank you note could be going the way of the original Polaroid camera or vinyl records beloved, yet marginalized or obsolete.

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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.

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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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