The importance of following up after an Interview
Following up with the people you communicate with during each stage of the hiring process shows that you are grateful and excited about the position. This will likely help to increase your chances of getting to the next interview, and eventually receiving an offer.
Writing a thoughtful follow-up expressing your enthusiasm about the job, thanking the reader for their time and including anecdotes from your conversation shows strong soft skills. Because soft skills are more difficult to teach in the workplace, candidates that show respect, communication and active listening skills will be highly sought-after by employers. It will also make you a more memorable candidate as you will have had more communicative touch-points than those who did not send a follow-up.
In general, there are three kinds of follow-up emails you can send after an interview:
One to your interviewers immediately after the interview,
A second follow-up if you haven’t heard back in a timely manner.
A “check-in” email to stay in touch for networking purposes.
In the best case, you only need to send one email—a note that thanks your interviewers for their time and expresses your enthusiasm for the job. Sometimes, weeks can pass after an interview without a response from a potential employer. If that’s the case, refer to
How to write an Interview follow-up email post.