I received an email from an MD at a local boutique bank I had applied to that said he would like to set up a phone call.
I sent a reply and then I realized after that I had a spelling/grammatical mistake , should I send a follow up email apologizing for the error?
apologize for typo in email?
Make sure that you are paying attention to the emails that you send in relation to your future employment. A typo on a follow up email will not necessarily make or break you. But, if someone notices they may think you lack attention to detail.
Going forward keep emails short. Proofread emails and double check them. This should be easier if it’s only a few sentences. Finally, do not send a follow up correcting the mistake. This will only call attention to it (no upside).
from certified user @GBB_19NHS"
it counts but isn't the end of the world if you make a mistake, shouldn't break your application. be more careful going forward though
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YES. 3 of them to be exact, and then some flowers and chocolates. he's gunna be pisssed offf!
Just leave it alone. The more you try to fix, the messier things can get.
what word did you misspell
MD's name
Relax, most likely, your response will be read while the MD is in an elevator or waiting in the car to pick up his/her kids. Just up the quality of your next email.
Well usually if I make the typo of "herpes" instead of "heroes" then I send a quick email to correct it. Same with "duck" and "dick" etc.
edit: made a typo....
I once accidentally sent a picture of my dick to an MD.
Immediately wrote back with: Duck**.
LOL
Last night I sent an email to someone at a mega fund saying "We expect the portfolio to shit." That was supposed to be "shift" by the way.
Duck and dick can be easily misspelled, except when do you ever write "duck" at work. If anything you were misspelling "dick". "Regards" and "Retards" is pretty horrifying.
^^ haha
Best retards,
Boreed
It's too late to do anything - but make sure you spell his/her name correctly in all future correspondences. Relax and move on.
as long as it wasn't "atention to detail"
In all seriousness: DO NOT E-MAIL AN APOLOGY. Just move on as if it never happened.
Actually, I've noticed a very strong correlation between poor typing skills and compensation.
Typical email from junior person to me:
"Hello Name,
I've completed the research you requested, and the final results can be found in Z:/Research/Detailed Research/Needlessly Complex Spreasheet.xls .
Please let me know if this is acceptable."
Typical email from senior person:
"can u take a look at symbol"
Politeness, from a senior person, is ending the above email with "thx"
Don't dress above your station, and don't typo above your station--but if you write terse emails and don't hit spellcheck, you'll sound like someone busy enough to write terse emails and not bother to spellcheck. As long as you can keep that vibe alive when you meet in person, you're doing fine.
this very, very true and good advice
Very true,
Just received an email from the president of this AM firm "(my name)- can u email me a resume…thanjs"
one sr. VP at a BB "thx for coming in"
Thanks, I wont send him anything else. He hasnt responded back yet, but I think Im just overreacting
Slight misspelling/omission in quick email (Originally Posted: 02/01/2011)
I sent an e-mail to my contact at a firm (also happens to be one of the interviewers) asking about interview dates. He responded back to me, and in my quick response back to him I accidentally omitted the " 'm" from "I'm" and instead wrote "I". Everything else was correct.
I know this is a little anal but before anyone calls troll the only reason I'm worried is because this is a very small firm where they might care about that sort of thing.
Is this ding-worthy? He told me I already had an interview.
Not ding worthy... try to proof read more closely in the future but these things happen. I sure you won't make this mistake again in the future... see what I did there...
Don't try to send a follow up to explain/edit the mistake either... odds are he probably didn't even think twice about it. These people read hundreds of emails a day so they probably won't even remember it...
Not ding worthy, and I would just let it slide. Don't try to correct it by sending another email. That will just serve to highlight the error, imo.
It's just an email, not a resume. Definitely double-check things in the future and try not to let it happen again.
Don't know if this was from a BB/iPhone/whatever, but if so, this is a good reason to have a line like 'Sent from my Verizon Wireless iPhoneDroid' - a little bit toolish, but preemptively excuses you from stupid typos and the like.
I don't think it's a big deal anymore since you already have an interview. Just don't make the same mistake during your interview. That's more critical.
So annoyed - rookie typo mistake in emails (Originally Posted: 03/23/2011)
Sent a few thank you emails (to people at other firms but the one I'm joining) and made a dumb typo error. Was hoping to keep in touch with them .... is that shot now?
defiintely.
Geez clown. Did you spell check at all? I have my email set to automatically check that before sending out. Grammar mistakes are horrendous, but forgiveable. Spelling mistakes just make you look bad all over.
That said, don't beat yourself up. If you get a response, great. If not, lesson learned.
auto check ... a feature in gmail?
Not to my knowledge, but hitting "spellcheck" before sending is an option.
Could have been worse. I just got a thank you note form a kid in UG who called himself a "rockstar" in his letter.
^ that just made my day LOL
This is why my thank-you emails are never longer than two or three sentences. Speling counts
i see what you did there. +SB SB SB SB
it counts but isnt the end of the world if you make a mistake, shouldnt break your application. be more careful going forward though
This is why I stopped sending thank-you notes. No upside, you can only screw it up.
there's definitely an upside for well written, personalized, and (most importantly) timely thank you emails.
although ... only if they already like you. i don't believe that the best thank you email can change a neg to a pos opinion.
Typos? (Originally Posted: 12/15/2011)
How bad are typos in sent emails? Let's say if you said one particular firms name instead of another in the email?
dont expect a response and i wouldn't even consider that a typo versus a complete fuck up
This is on a deal I am doing. And the firms actually have worked together on a deal before, so I am sure they know each other.
My problem is, I don't want them talking to each other about my email...fml
i always assume these are in a cold emailing for a job context, sorry. not as bad but definitely does not reflect well upon you. just don't fuck up anymore and no one will remember
Gave the MD my resume with...uh oh... a spelling error (Originally Posted: 01/13/2012)
Or maybe not? I'm really not sure.
I sent a good connection MD at a BB my resume with the word 'divestiture' spelled as 'divesture.' But once I looked this up, I technically didn't make a mistake. (see links below)
Will it matter or not in choosing to ding/not ding my resume?
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Divesture http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/divestiture
dinged.
really? are you being serious? I'm sorry - just dont know...
Uh oh I spelled "highly leveraged" as "highly levered" - am I going to get dinged?
Send him a thank you note and sneak these links at the end of the text and pray that he'll click on them.
You are a fucking tool.
Stop worrying about what you no longer have control over
Youre fucked
Oh, that was you the MD was talking about it.
if you lack the attention to detail to something as critical as your resume, how are you going to ensure perfection at 4 am on mindless tasks?
On a more serious note, if you don't have a personal relationship with the MD, I would move on. Chances are, he has a stack of resumes on his desk of kids that don't make stupid mistakes. Don't mean to be harsh, just preparing you for the reality of banking. In this market (or any for that matter), you should not be giving senior people extra reasons to not hire you.
I understand the criticism and rightfully so. But maybe you guys want to elaborate for me? I mean a divesture IS just another word for divestiture.
but it doesnt fit the context of you being fucked
No one here knows whether you will get dinged or not because of a minor spelling error. In fact, the only person who does know is the MD you handed your resume to. You are just begging to get shit on by asking a question like this on an internet forum (especially this one).
Its not a spelling error but a word choice. quit harping on this kid.
Typo in cold emails (Originally Posted: 11/20/2013)
Hi everyone,
I have just started cold emailing and after I sent two emails, I realized I made a very stupid mistake in the email. I have missed a preposition in one of the sentence. It is still readable but is it a very important issue? How would everyone here treat emails with typos?
It's a cold email... Most likely won't get you anywhere, so don't worry. Now send another 500 cold emails and make sure this type there are no typos.
See what I did here with type, time?
Very true, people read those things faster than I'd last in bed with Candice Swanepoel which is around 2 pumps.
lets put it this way: its not a great first impression. especially not if you're trying to get a job out of it.
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It depends on the person. Don't waste your time over something you can't change. Move on and learn your lesson for the next hundred cold emails you'll be sending. In my lifetime so far I probably sent around a couple hundred. You only need one.
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