The Most Effective Thank You Email Template
I went on 50+ interviews and spoke to hundreds of people during the course of my job search. That meant a lot of thank you notes and, better yet, a lot of opportunities to test what format works best.
After all was said and done, the template below is the one that I found to be most effective. I measured effectiveness by the percentage of people who replied as well my success rate for scoring a slot in the next round of interviews (or getting the offer).
This data isn’t “scientific” but template below led to the most long term relationships, final round interviews, and job offers based on the data I collected:
Post-Interview Thank You Email Template
Subject: Thank You
Hi [Name],
Thank you for taking the time to chat today. It was wonderful to meet you!
I really enjoyed our conversation, especially the piece about [Interesting Topic].
I’m very excited about this opportunity, looking forward to hearing more about next steps. If there’s anything I can provide from my end, don’t hesitate to ask!
Best,
[Your Name]
PS – [Include Your Personal Anecdote Here]
Example #1: Interviewing at LinkedIn & Vacation In Greece
Subject: Thank You
Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for taking the time to chat today. It was wonderful to meet you!
I really enjoyed our conversation, especially your perspective on LinkedIn’s potential ad integration with Microsoft’s platform after the acquisition. The ability to leverage data from both networks to refine targeting is going to be huge.
I’m very excited about this opportunity, looking forward to hearing more around next steps. If there’s anything I can provide from my end, don’t hesitate to ask!
Best,
Austin
PS – Here is the link to the Mykonos restaurant I mentioned. Most of the tourists end up at [Restaurant X], but the locals recommended this spot and it was amazing! Best food we had on our honeymoon.
Example #2: Interviewing at Goldman Sachs & Meditation Instruction
Subject: Thank You
Hi Justin,
Thank you for taking the time out to chat today. It was wonderful to meet you!
I really enjoyed our conversation, especially the piece around the potential overvaluation of stocks given where the market is at. Here’s the article I mentioned about our streak without a 5% pullback (the stat actually came from Goldman).
I’m very excited about this opportunity, looking forward to hearing more around next steps. If there’s anything I can provide from my end, don’t hesitate to ask!
Best,
Austin
PS – Thanks for the recommendation to download Insight Timer, I just did a guided 10 minutes and it felt great. Do you recommend any specific sessions/instructors?
3 Proven Strategies To Help You Turn More Interviews Into Job Offers
Next, I'm going to walk you through three different strategies you can use to supercharge your chances of impressing your interviewer and landing the offer:
1. 90% Of Interview Success Lies In Your Preparation
Many people prepare for job interviews, but most don't prepare well — and they don't do it in a scalable fashion. Here is a guide to preparation that helped me crush the interview process and land offers at Google, Microsoft, and Twitter:
This Is How Top Performers Prepare For Interviews
It walks through:
+ A preparation strategy that will allow you to walk into 90%+ of interviews and succeed without any additional preparation
+ How to anticipate every single question your interviewer will ask you before you ever step foot in the interview room
+ A trick for completely memorizing your interview answers with minimal effort
+ The 3 parts the perfect interview answer (that will help you ace anything from “Tell Me About Yourself” to “Tell Me About A Time You Failed”)
2. Leveraging Psychological Principles To “Hack” Your Interviewer's Decision
The people with the highest interview-to-offer ratio are the ones who can quickly build a rapport with the person sitting across the table. That's not easy for most of us to do in a 30 minute conversation that's usually controlled by a complete stranger. But we can leverage some basic psychological principles to “hack” our interviewer's brains and make it easier for them to like us (and want to hire us). Here are two resources for that:
1) This video walks through these psychological principles and will teach you how to learn and leverage them in your next conversation: How To Leverage Psychology To Ace Your Interview
2) This article will show you how to leverage the Q&A portion of your interview (easily the most overlooked section) to build that personal relationship that will get you hired: 5 Questions To Ask In An Interview (Based On Psychology)
3. Going Above & Beyond To Prove Your Value
Most candidates rely on their answers, their resume, and their cover letter to prove out their value. With the level of competition that exists in the job market today, chances are good that someone else out there has a better GPA, more experience, has worked at a cooler company, and is generally more qualified that you are.
If we want to consistently land at the top of our interviewer's “must hire” list, we need to prove out our value beyond a doubt. The best way to do that is by creating something tangible that illustrates what you bring to the table.
In the post-interview Q&A from my previous tip above, I recommend asking your interviewer about the biggest challenge their team is facing. You can use this info to identify areas where you can add value. After the interview, you can put together a deliverable that addresses that issue with solutions or suggestions and then you can send it back to your interviewer.
This article walks through the process you can use to research and identify areas of opportunity: How To Craft The Perfect Value Validation Project
This article showcases 10+ insanely creative projects/initiatives people have put together that lead to landing their dream job: 10+ Real Value Validation Projects That Worked
