Sufficient amount of time after interview that I should contact them

a7man

tbh, I would usually send an Email, however a letter can look more professional. Its often more likely you will get a reply via email because if there were a lot of candidates they dont always want to write long letters to each of them.

Dont make it one sentence, make it about 4-5 line paragraph. State a few things about why you want it and remind them why you would be the perfect candidate but not in loads of detail.

"Thanks for giving me the opportunity to meet with you on xth July. I was extremely impressed with the company and believe it would be a perfect place for my professional development etc.... If possible could you please provide some feedback on the interview, I would find this invaluable as I am always looking to improve myself..."

just as an example.

C_Ronaldo

a7man wrote: »

tbh, I would usually send an Email, however a letter can look more professional. Its often more likely you will get a reply via email because if there were a lot of candidates they dont always want to write long letters to each of them.

Dont make it one sentence, make it about 4-5 line paragraph. State a few things about why you want it and remind them why you would be the perfect candidate but not in loads of detail.

"Thanks for giving me the opportunity to meet with you on xth July. I was extremely impressed with the company and believe it would be a perfect place for my professional development etc.... If possible could you please provide some feedback on the interview, I would find this invaluable as I am always looking to improve myself..."

just as an example.

its an example and its a very good, ill tailor it myself, thanks a7man, i would have sent an email as its fast and you could possibly get a reply the same day whereas a letter would take a few days to a week for a reply

C_Ronaldo

Ive got this so far

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to meet with you on 30th July. I was extremely impressed with the company and believe it would be a perfect place for my professional development as I would learn a lot. If possible could you please provide some feedback on the interview, I would find this invaluable as I am always looking to improve myself.



would i address it to Mr joe blogs or just Mr Blogs also how would i finish it off

Emma37

Mr Joe Bloggs. You could end by saying something like: 'Please advise me when a decision has been made.'

C_Ronaldo

Emma37 wrote: »

Mr Joe Bloggs. You could end by saying something like: 'Please advise me when a decision has been made.'

ok thanks,

Bismarck

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

Ive got this so far

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to meet with you on 30th July. I was extremely impressed with the company and believe it would be a perfect place for my professional development as I would learn a lot. If possible could you please provide some feedback on the interview, I would find this invaluable as I am always looking to improve myself.



would i address it to Mr joe blogs or just Mr Blogs also how would i finish it off

er...have you sent it?

if not I'd suggest you re-phrase it so it's a little less about what's in it for you and maybe focus more on why they should hire you.

bristol_pilot

Bismarck wrote: »

er...have you sent it?

if not I'd suggest you re-phrase it so it's a little less about what's in it for you and maybe focus more on why they should hire you.

That's exactly why I advised the OP against chasing the employer up, he is more likely to have damaged his application than helped it.

Bismarck

can sympathise as it's awful sitting there waiting & not knowing

C_Ronaldo

Bismark No Ive not sent it yet,

its just the waiting which is annoying me,

pinkshoes

Why don't you just phone them up? I had an interview for my current job at 5pm on a tuesday evening, and the agency phoned me back at 10.30am the next day offering me the job!

A week is more than sufficient for them to make up their mind if they don't want you, and it's very rude for a company to not let you know, so maybe no news is good news, or at least a maybe?

If you don't want to phone them, then I suggest a polite email (perfectly acceptably in today's day and age!) would be a good idea:

Dear Mr X,

Just a quick email to follow up from my interview last week on <date>, and to get some feedback from my interview performance, and to enquire whether my application for <insert job title> was successful or not.

I look forward to hearing from you soon,

Kind Regards,

C_Ronaldo.

I think contacting the company and getting feedback from an interview is always a good thing to do, as they're more likely to remember you, and consider you for any other positions that come up.