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Thank you emails don't sway an interviewer one way or another. Just a formality - can't hurt, but won't help. As a personal example, I"ve probably gotten as many offers when I haven't sent thank you letters than when I have sent careful, thoughtful ones.
I'd sort of disagree with this. In my opinion, you should absolutely email each person you interviewed with an hour after the superday concludes. You should say thank you and more importantly try to mention in one sentence a small tidbit from your conversation that will make them remember you.
For example, "It was an honor being able to speak with someone who has the same interest in spearfishing as myself" Or.. "I'm glad I was able to meet someone else who thinks XXXX about YYYY." Then you conclude your email by firmly restating your fervent desire to work there, and that you hope you get the offer because you're absolutely certain that firm ABC is where you want to work.
It may seem cliche, but if it's between 2 candidates and one of them sent an email including that mentioned above it's obvious who will get the position. Interviewers gather together immediately after the interview concludes to discuss candidates so your emails should go out ASAP.
That's the conventional thinking and it worked especially well when people used to send handwritten thank you letters. As I said, a thank you email doesn't hurt. However I'm guessing you haven't received offers yet based on your question, and I am an incoming analyst so have been through multiple years of interviews - and the consensus I got from previous interviewers, general contacts and people during my sa was that a thank you email won't hurt but it will not help - certainly not if you say it was an honor to meet someone and you have a fervent desire to work at a bank. Many interviewers don't give out business cards for this very reason (don't want to be deluged with emails) and others delete thank you emails that arrive before reading them.
I will say that if I have the contact info I also usually send a short thank you email, but out of courtesy more than anything - they don't hurt but won't help.
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