Forgot to send thank you email? what to do
I had a first-round at one of the large-cap PE funds, it was 3 back to back interviews over the phone and all gave me their emails and mentioned to drop them an email if there's anything else I'd like to know. The interviews were on Monday 20th and they said they've only interviewed a few of us so far and that because of corona they were doing it in stages i.e. first rounds for the rest of the week and next week, and then Friday 1st May once every candidate has been interviewed they will all as a group go through each candidate and discuss to see which to take to the second round and we will get an email after with the outcome.
I forgot to send a thank-you email after and given its a two-week first-round stage, by the time of the decision meeting, they might have forgotten me as mine was so early? and a thank you note could have left a positive last impression/reminder? it was different before Corona as they would have remembered your face and met you in person so better memory, but now it is over the phone when my name is brought up at the group decision meeting, I will just be a difficult voice/conversation to remember without having sent a thank you note? especially given they are probably interviewing 50 people over these two weeks and 90% of them would have sent thank you emails?
Any advice? Would it be too late to send an email this Monday saying thank you, I feel that could just make things worse given it would have been 8 days since my interview?
Thank you
Don’t overthink this. Send thank you notes now, apologize for the delay (BRIEFLY) and reiterate your excitement. Keep it short and sweet. It doesn’t really matter and if they’re interviewing a bunch of folks they’re probably not keeping track, but this enables you to keep in contact with these guys even if you don’t move forward in the process.
Thank you, by now do you mean monday morning? I assume an email on a saturday wouldn't be a good idea?
I don’t think anyone in this industry would look down on someone sending an email on Saturday. If they don’t want to read it, they won’t. Go for it as long as it’s brief.
Poster below said just skip it, and frankly that’s fine too.
As someone whose been on both sides (meticulously crafting a thank-you email vs. offer discussion at IC), a candidate's thank-you email (or lack thereof) has never made the discussion. I'd let it go and not overthink it, particularly given this is a first round they likely made their decision / took note of where they're leaning right after their interview with you.
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