Thank you emails after interview?

[traveltheworld]

I'm interviewing for an Associate General Counsel position at a large company, and met with 80% of their legal team yesterday. They came in groups, but I met 12 people in total.  All except one (the Chief Compliance Officer), have positions that would be below mine, at least on title.

Should I send thank you emails?  I'm not sure what the protocol is in this case.

[sandandsea]

Yes always thank everyone for their time. It's not crucial but goes over very well.

[akafred]

Yes. And make sure the principal people get very specific letters. For the rest you can be more generic and thank them for taking the time to meet you, but if anyone made any interesting points then be sure to bring that up.

[mommyatty]

Blah. I have to do this today too. I hate writing these.

[traveltheworld]

Thanks everyone. I sent off the emails.

mommyatty, how were your meetings? Did they actually make you meet with 10 people? Sorry if I sound like I'm stalking you, but I find it interesting that you and I are both looking to change jobs in the legal professional.

[mommyatty]

Feb 17, 2017 14:43:01 GMT -5 traveltheworld said:

Thanks everyone. I sent off the emails.

mommyatty, how were your meetings? Did they actually make you meet with 10 people? Sorry if I sound like I'm stalking you, but I find it interesting that you and I are both looking to change jobs in the legal professional.

Only 8, lol. But everyone was very nice. I liked the practice group lead a lot. The managing partner not so much but she was very rushed and kind of like "Tell me how you plan to bring in money on Day 1 and have you seriously thought about how much work it is to build a book of business". Which is a pretty insulting question if you consider I presented a flipping written business plan that was about 10 pages long and mentioned specific ideas for bringing in business.

Now it's off to the AGC job on Monday where I'm meeting with 3 people, including a paralegal.

[k3am]

Thank you letters are also an easy area to screw up. I've turned down many "detail oriented" candidates who sent a thank you email addressed to "Catie" when my name is "Katie." (It's not really Katie.)

[mommyatty]

Now I'm meeting with 7 people including FOUR paralegals. Which makes me want this job less.

[mommyatty]

So a related question. I did my crazy interviews today. By the time I got home, I had an email from the recruiter asking me to return next week to meet with the Exec Team and have dinner with the GC I met with today. So do I send thank you notes? That feels weird.

[traveltheworld]

Feb 20, 2017 21:40:25 GMT -5 mommyatty said:

So a related question. I did my crazy interviews today. By the time I got home, I had an email from the recruiter asking me to return next week to meet with the Exec Team and have dinner with the GC I met with today. So do I send thank you notes? That feels weird.

I think you probably should? As per everyone's advice, I sent thank you emails to everyone I met. A few people responded. I kept the emails super short and just thanked them for their time

I got told today that I've made it to the next round, and comp and relocation will be discussed at this point.

One thing I haven't asked about throughout the past 5 interviews is work life balance. I guess I've figured it can't be worst than private practice, right? But perhaps I should make sure.

So who do I approach that with? My next round of interviews is with the ceo so I don't think I should ask him. Should I call/email some of the people on the legal team that I've met?

[twinmomma]

mommyatty I would still send the thank you notes. You're thanking them for their time this round, so it doesn't matter whether or not the next round is set up yet.

[k3am]

mommyatty, send the notes. If it's someone you'll see next week, just let them know you're looking forward to seeing them for dinner.

[mommyatty]

I asked the recruiter today, and pointed out I don't actually have anyone's email address. She said to send one note to her and she would pass it to the GC. So I guess that works. I'm sure I could find some addresses, but that feels a bit stalkerish.