My phone auto-corrected the subject of my thank you email after an interview from "Thank you for your time" to "Thank you for you're time", I noticed right after I sent it. Could this actually hurt my chances of moving on to a final round? If so, I think I am going to move to South America and become one with the jungle
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I’ve seen ppl get hired when there resumes had blatent spelling mistakes... And yeah I’m not joking.
Like the words 'blatant' and 'their?'
Always can rely on the person or Walmart to keep things real.
To be honest, if I liked you and the interview went well, I'd laugh it off. If you were borderline and I was deciding between you and someone else, this could tip the balance in the other person's favor.
There's also the chance they didn't even read the e-mail. Your in luck there, although you should check you're phone to make sure that there are no more ducking autocorrect errors.
Nailed it
Like 'your' and 'you're?' Don't worry...I'm laughing it off...
Thanks for all the helpful responses. I ended up writing him an email in a panic around 3am this morning arguing that he could actually be time. Time is not well understood and there is no conclusive evidence that humans are not time. Issue should be resolved, thanks again to everyone for the support
If you nailed your interview and had good connections to the firm I see no issue here. If you felt on the fence when leaving it could be a toss up because that could be seen as no attention to detail even though it was a small mistake. All the best!
Of all the grammatical errors though, that has got to be one of the worst. Since so many people genuinely screw that up and can't tell your from you're
If its after an interview though, chances are they'd pass it over if they already liked you. After all, everybody makes mistakes, and I've seen MUCH worse.
South America does have nice jungles though, I wouldn't overlook that as an option!
Their you go again.
your confuzzling me
you'd have been funny if you actually made a grammar error in you're post
This is true. The most non-target grammar error you can make is confusing words such as your/you’re, its/it’s or there/their/they’re.
On the other end of the spectrum, the most prestigious grammar errors are ones of omission or outright misspellings. These signal that can’t be bothered to double check your emails because you’ve got other options anyway. This let’s everyone know that you know the true value of attending a target school.
You have*
He actually did double check his emails! Thats where the error came from in the first place (;
Lesson learned--Don't double check my emails
Chill probably not
For mobile emails, my phone signature includes the following prominently below my name:
" *Sent from a mobile device; please pardon any typos. "
A former co-worker of mine had this in his mobile signature and I thought it was a good idea so I've had it mine ever since. It's just so much easier to make a mistake when sending from a phone.
This is a real boss move haha
Lower level this just makes you look terrible
Ehh, I wouldn't personally fault anyone for doing it, though I don't know how anyone else feels and maybe a couple other guys can chime in. I'm definitely more mid-level than "boss" and I've had this in my signature since I was about three or four years into my career.
Personally, I don't think it makes anyone look terrible. My mobile device signature is already more limited than the type of robust signature you'd see in Outlook, so adding this into my mobile signature simply covers me if I'm replying quickly and make a typo, which is far more likely when I'm on my phone.
Remember, people in front office roles in financial services have a million trillion different things to worry about. The type of things that make you look "terrible" are offensive social gaffes with clients, blowing up deadlines without communicating first, etc. And the common thread in those things is that they jeopardized revenue and/or relationships and/or made life more difficult for someone above you.
I can't imagine someone having enough time on their hands to get upset that a junior staff added that into their email signature. I'd consider it a smart CYA disclosure if anything.
Yeah my friend got dinged for that and I understand it now that I'm on the other side.
Have 10 guys all with the exact same resume and you all sound the same to me. If this is after final rounds and they really like you, you may be okay. Otherwise ding.
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