The note can be a simple e-mail or a card should only be one or two lines of thanks for your time and say how much you enjoyed with them and find out about work and enterprise.
And you can go a long way as interviewers reflect on the many candidates they have seen for the position. Obviously, if you are a bad fit for the job then no amount of messages of thanks will turn to you. But it is a nice touch that can help an interviewer that you remember; maybe not for this job, but another line.
This is also the time to warn your referees that a call may come from X, Y, Z Company asking for you. Even if they have agreed to be a referee for you, it is good to know they can call and know little of what work you have requested.
Although you may have been interviewed for the best work in progress, your job search should continue only if the latter application crashes. And if you are interviewed for a second opening for the next employer knows you are in the race to get a job with your rivals. When an employer receives a good candidate in front of them, it actually helps to improve their capacity to decide if they believe that they can lose you to another company.
Maintaining active job search will also take your mind off the waiting game while waiting to hear the effectiveness of your last interview. While you should have asked your interviewers, when the final hiring decision would be made, there is nothing wrong with the control again after a week or so.
Calling to see what is happening shows that you are willing to work. And enthusiasm is one of the key things employers and hiring staff are looking for. So there is nothing wrong with making a call sweet and polite.
You can talk to human resources department or the person who interviewed you. Introduce yourself, remind them who gathered in the interview and ask if the decision has been made.
When you call, you may discover that the person who makes the final decision is absent due to illness, or has been called abroad on an urgent matter that is the hiring decision has been delayed for weeks. It is so you know what is happening especially if you are turning thumbs breaking a response. Or you can find the post was occupied and the company has not had the good manners to let you know. Either way, you need to know where you stand.
If you lost at work, do not worry. Put all this by experience, remember what you learned from the process, including difficult questions encountered and put to good use in the next interview.
No matter how was your interview, if you have any questions about why you did not get the job, then call or write.
Find out why they have selected others for the job when you find yourself suitable. The worst response a company can give is that an internal candidate got the job that is something the company could have done it without calling you for an interview at all. Or you may discover something about yourself that really does not count. So see the comments on board and learn from it.
Ultimately, the interview is not a waste of time. Each one offers you the experience and gives you the opportunity to meet people and network. And remember that old saying: The task of finding a job is a job in itself.
