Had a IB superday a few days ago and sent follow up thank you emails to the interviewers shortly after. I didn't receive a response and it's been 24 hours. I've gotten responses from interviewers at other places where I got an offer. Maybe the stress is getting to me but is this a bad sign I won't get it?
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Well, only one thing is for sure. You are severely overthinking this and stressing over nothing.
I would say MOST thank you emails go unanswered. Offer or not.
Good luck
ya ur fucked
this happened to me too, and i didn't get a offer rip
I heard you're more likely to get an offer the more you worry about it.
If that extremely busy senior banker doesn't take the time out of his day to reply "You're welcome" to a heartfelt thank you from an interviewee, you know it's over. Sorry kid
While my hit rate on thank you emails is probably roughly around ~50%, I do honestly think it is somewhat indicative of getting an offer.
At places I got offers, my thank you note response rate was 3/4 and 3/5, and at super days where I didn't get an offer, I only got 1 response. I don't think it's even a conscious thing of 'this kid is getting an offer, I gotta respond' but more like if they liked you, they are more likely to respond, and if they like you it also means you're more likely to get an offer.
I really think you guys are overanalyzing this. There's no reason to try to figure out if you got an offer based on whether or not you received a thank you note. Take a deep breath, blow off some steam, and you'll find out soon enough
Only one of my two interviewers responded to my follow up email and the one that did was somewhat late.
It absolutely does not matter. I have had superdays where every single interviewer responded to the thank you email saying how much they enjoyed meeting me and for me to feel free to reach out any time - only to never hear back again. For the one firm where I did get the offer, none of the 4 superday interviewers responded until after I got the offer call. The reality is from the perspective of most interviewers, they'd either respond to all the applicants' thank you emails or none of them. So no, stop stressing over nothing.
Bump. Same story for me— EB/BB I ended up at never responded to initial thank you email (cuz they’re just so busy — doesn’t mean they didn’t acknowledge it). after I got the offer one of my interviewers congratulated me / offered to grab coffee so I wouldn’t read too much into it
Same with me- for an EB and PE SA. I also recieved a pretty thoughtful response from a firm that ghosted me so literally does not matter.
literally means nothing if they don't respond
I interviewed w/ five people at my superday. Only got two responses. I got a third response the following day, after I got the phone call with the offer. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal
It means nothing
Just another data point:
I sent out thank you emails to all my interviewers (8) and never received a response but still got an offer.
Definitely does not mean anything. Got prompt and thoughtful responses from 2 of my interviewers at a BB and never got an offer...rip
Only worry about what you can control
Sending a thank you email only has a neutral outcome at worst. Even if they don't respond, they will appreciate that you took the time out to send the note.
For the EB that offered me, only 1/4 interviewers responded to my thank you email. It means nothing
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