Handwritten Follow-Up + Email Follow-Up?? Too much?

If you send a handwritten thank you note after an interview, should you also send a thank you email? Will this make me stand out or look like a try-hard?

My plan is to send a handwritten note (should arrive the next day) and follow up with an email a few hours after the interview. The email and note will essentially say the same things but obviously be written differently.

Is this a good strategy?

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In my opinion: too much.

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Overkill. Also, if you have crap handwriting (like most guys), that's a double ding...

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Overkill. Also, if you have crap handwriting (like most guys), that's a double ding...

My handwriting isn't the best but I still think a handwritten note is better than an email

 

@Johnson

I hear ya. For me, I would do an email. If you really prefer a handwritten note, more power to you. But IMO, doing both is a bit excessive.

Just my 2 cents...

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