Thank You letters for an interview?
-
No not the company, The Agent. (Public forum you don't know who's reading! :wtf: )
Then I can only agree with the others. If it had been a request by a future employer I would have given you a different answer.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
-
GDIAFBOT, Hungarian?
FOAD == Flutter Off And Die... GDIAF == Go Die In A Fire... GDIAFBOT == Go Die In A Flaming Ball Of Tar :-D
veni bibi saltavi
-
FOAD == Flutter Off And Die... GDIAF == Go Die In A Fire... GDIAFBOT == Go Die In A Flaming Ball Of Tar :-D
veni bibi saltavi
So, yes it is Hungarian, Attila the Hun style :laugh:
-
FOAD == Flutter Off And Die... GDIAF == Go Die In A Fire... GDIAFBOT == Go Die In A Flaming Ball Of Tar :-D
veni bibi saltavi
Ahh, wasn't thinking that way, mind you I'm guessing flutter is to keep it KSS! (Not that I would know, only child etc.)
-
So, yes it is Hungarian, Attila the Hun style :laugh:
Well Atila did have a way with words!
-
Hi All, I have been sent a grovelling boiler plate letter to fill in and email to a company I had an interview with last week, should I? I ask as this is the widest spread I can think of (Juniors to Seniors). The role looked interesting, the location was a bit awkward. It's just the fact 'they' are the party asking you, rather you asking them. I accept that it changes every so often but I have seen it in the book "What Colour (Color) is my Parachute" but I have had chance to get to it yet.:confused:
I am confused by this... I was taught to send a thank you letter... but whether I send it or not has never affected getting a job offer (because I have always received a job offer after every interview... ) I feel it is old fashioned. Who do I send the letter to? If I am interviewed by 10 people... (I've been to a 6 hour interview before - multiple people in each session), who do I send the "Thank You" to? Not the HR person who greeted me... he isn't doing the hiring. Which technical person do I send it to? What if each one doesn't give a business card, so I don't know how to reach that person. Should I write 10 letters to each one :sigh: These days, I just throw a email out to whoever I can and call it a day - for context this is in the USA... there may be cultural differences elsewhere.
-
Umm, Okay, I supposed I was worried that I was going to come across as a grovelling so & so...
Reading other replies.. I would send a letter to the company you interviewed with.. the recruiter... uhh... no.
-
So, yes it is Hungarian, Attila the Hun style :laugh:
Hungarian is *far* more complex. As a language their swearing has made it all but impossible to say "Your Mother" without a kind adjective. There's even a tendency to improvise and combine multiple curses; and curses are what most of them are. So something like "May God [redacted] your 'seamstress' mother with a horse" would not be too surprising. On a good day, Mrs Wife can keep up a stream of expletive laden curses for fifteen minutes without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
veni bibi saltavi
-
Umm, Okay, I supposed I was worried that I was going to come across as a grovelling so & so...
glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote:
I was worried that I was going to come across as a grovelling so & so
You are looking for a job. :~
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy. In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
-
Hungarian is *far* more complex. As a language their swearing has made it all but impossible to say "Your Mother" without a kind adjective. There's even a tendency to improvise and combine multiple curses; and curses are what most of them are. So something like "May God [redacted] your 'seamstress' mother with a horse" would not be too surprising. On a good day, Mrs Wife can keep up a stream of expletive laden curses for fifteen minutes without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
veni bibi saltavi
I do remember reading a reply from a request to surrender from a commander somewhere in Hungary (or surroundings) around year 1000 or so. In the letter he basically said, No I wont surrender, you'd have to fight us. However it amounted to a full A4 page with normal 14 size font of insults of what you mother was/wanted/should be doing to other animals, and that your sisters and brothers were doing on their spare time etc. It was stunning to read, and quite funny.
-
Well Atila did have a way with words!
Well, the irony is that he must have had that, in order to make other follow him. :)
-
glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote:
I was worried that I was going to come across as a grovelling so & so
You are looking for a job. :~
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy. In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Point to quote your sig
Quote:
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
-
I am confused by this... I was taught to send a thank you letter... but whether I send it or not has never affected getting a job offer (because I have always received a job offer after every interview... ) I feel it is old fashioned. Who do I send the letter to? If I am interviewed by 10 people... (I've been to a 6 hour interview before - multiple people in each session), who do I send the "Thank You" to? Not the HR person who greeted me... he isn't doing the hiring. Which technical person do I send it to? What if each one doesn't give a business card, so I don't know how to reach that person. Should I write 10 letters to each one :sigh: These days, I just throw a email out to whoever I can and call it a day - for context this is in the USA... there may be cultural differences elsewhere.
Well, here in the UK we seem to ape the USA so may be...
-
Point to quote your sig
Quote:
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
On a more serious note, don't ever send out something you are not comfortable with. As others have recommended write a short note in your own words and send it. And remember once you lose your pride the rest is easy. :-D
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy. In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
-
Hungarian is *far* more complex. As a language their swearing has made it all but impossible to say "Your Mother" without a kind adjective. There's even a tendency to improvise and combine multiple curses; and curses are what most of them are. So something like "May God [redacted] your 'seamstress' mother with a horse" would not be too surprising. On a good day, Mrs Wife can keep up a stream of expletive laden curses for fifteen minutes without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
veni bibi saltavi
"Just a Minute" worthy (my Dad listens to Radio 4 a lot!:~)
-
I am confused by this... I was taught to send a thank you letter... but whether I send it or not has never affected getting a job offer (because I have always received a job offer after every interview... ) I feel it is old fashioned. Who do I send the letter to? If I am interviewed by 10 people... (I've been to a 6 hour interview before - multiple people in each session), who do I send the "Thank You" to? Not the HR person who greeted me... he isn't doing the hiring. Which technical person do I send it to? What if each one doesn't give a business card, so I don't know how to reach that person. Should I write 10 letters to each one :sigh: These days, I just throw a email out to whoever I can and call it a day - for context this is in the USA... there may be cultural differences elsewhere.
Pualee wrote:
Should I write 10 letters to each one
I think one letter to each of them should suffice... :laugh:
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
-
Hi All, I have been sent a grovelling boiler plate letter to fill in and email to a company I had an interview with last week, should I? I ask as this is the widest spread I can think of (Juniors to Seniors). The role looked interesting, the location was a bit awkward. It's just the fact 'they' are the party asking you, rather you asking them. I accept that it changes every so often but I have seen it in the book "What Colour (Color) is my Parachute" but I have had chance to get to it yet.:confused:
Dear Sir ... or Madam ... I wasn't really sure even after 20 minutes of the interview I would like to thank-you for taking a break from your proper work to look down your nose at me for a few precious minutes last week even though the job for which I was interviewing had already been given to the daughter of your chief executive on the basis that she fulfils your gender equality quota, makes an excellent cup of coffee, and once read the first chapter of a computer studies book in detention as the supervising teacher had forgotten to bring materials for any other task. I was particularly pleased to be given the opportunity to experience the thrills of a walk in the record breaking rainstorm as my taxi became enmired in the traffic control system for which the city is so rightly admired around the world. It will be something to tell the grandchildren which I will now never be able to afford having. I am also extremely grateful that you were so willing to assist with my current diet by refusing to offer either food or drink at any point during the three hours in which I was able to reach a full appreciation of the exquisite minimalism of your waiting room. It only remains for me to wish you all long, happy, and prosperous lives so utterly unlike my own. Bitter, moi?
-
Dear Sir ... or Madam ... I wasn't really sure even after 20 minutes of the interview I would like to thank-you for taking a break from your proper work to look down your nose at me for a few precious minutes last week even though the job for which I was interviewing had already been given to the daughter of your chief executive on the basis that she fulfils your gender equality quota, makes an excellent cup of coffee, and once read the first chapter of a computer studies book in detention as the supervising teacher had forgotten to bring materials for any other task. I was particularly pleased to be given the opportunity to experience the thrills of a walk in the record breaking rainstorm as my taxi became enmired in the traffic control system for which the city is so rightly admired around the world. It will be something to tell the grandchildren which I will now never be able to afford having. I am also extremely grateful that you were so willing to assist with my current diet by refusing to offer either food or drink at any point during the three hours in which I was able to reach a full appreciation of the exquisite minimalism of your waiting room. It only remains for me to wish you all long, happy, and prosperous lives so utterly unlike my own. Bitter, moi?
Hmmmm, possible...
-
Hi All, I have been sent a grovelling boiler plate letter to fill in and email to a company I had an interview with last week, should I? I ask as this is the widest spread I can think of (Juniors to Seniors). The role looked interesting, the location was a bit awkward. It's just the fact 'they' are the party asking you, rather you asking them. I accept that it changes every so often but I have seen it in the book "What Colour (Color) is my Parachute" but I have had chance to get to it yet.:confused:
If it's a job I want, I always send a personalized letter, highlighting something positive about the company and/or project. I've even done this a few times for jobs I didn't want (and didn't get) because I was impressed by the hiring manager and/or potential colleagues and figure having them remember me in the future could be a good thing.
-
I am confused by this... I was taught to send a thank you letter... but whether I send it or not has never affected getting a job offer (because I have always received a job offer after every interview... ) I feel it is old fashioned. Who do I send the letter to? If I am interviewed by 10 people... (I've been to a 6 hour interview before - multiple people in each session), who do I send the "Thank You" to? Not the HR person who greeted me... he isn't doing the hiring. Which technical person do I send it to? What if each one doesn't give a business card, so I don't know how to reach that person. Should I write 10 letters to each one :sigh: These days, I just throw a email out to whoever I can and call it a day - for context this is in the USA... there may be cultural differences elsewhere.
The hiring manager and/or the person who influences the hiring manager is all that matters. During the interview one of the most valuable bits of information is to figure out the power structure. Since it's not always obvious, I often just ask who I would be reporting to and who would be dictating what I do on a daily basis. (I've had several jobs where my official manager defered to the [technical] team lead, since that's who the hiree would work with the most.) BTW, I had an interview late last year for a job I really didn't want. But the interview went very well and the hiring manager was a nice guy, so I wrote a thanks, but no thanks email. No reason to burn that bridge to the ground.