Should I email my interviewer after the interview?

horsepills

I was recently interviewed for a role, which went well and I'm waiting to hear back on the outcome.  During the interview/chat, the interviewer asked a question about a specific issue they have with their software.  I answered this pretty well at the time, but after the interview I did some further digging and found a really useful blog post that I think will really help him (regardless of whether or not I get the role).  My question is - should I email this useful info to him now, or would it be seen as bad ettiquette to email an interviewer whilst the selection process is taking place?  I personally wouldn't have minded this at all, but wondered what others think about this?

AskAsk

i think it is a bit creepy, so i wouln't do it.

yksi

No, definitely not. This is the UK, not the USA. As a recruiter I had only a handful of people ever do this (out of thousands) and it marked them out as weird, not special.

horsepills

yksi said:

No, definitely not. This is the UK, not the USA. As a recruiter I had only a handful of people ever do this (out of thousands) and it marked them out as weird, not special.

Oh dear...now I feel weird!  I'll obviously pass on emailing the interviewer then!

Gavin83

Personally I’d be quite impressed if someone did this. I find in IT (I assume this is an IT post) there’s a subset of people who love to problem solve and they won’t rest until the problem is resolved. I’ve always found these people to be extremely valuable employees and I’d assume anyone sending follow up info would fit into this category. It also shows you’re good at researching.

I might be in the minority here though!

KatrinaWaves

This is a bit different to the usual emailing to thank them for interviewing you and you had such a great time. They were asking for help with an issue and you’ve found more.

id make it short and sweet, ‘I came across this which may help more with the issue you asked about. Hope it helps!’

No flowery ‘thanks, I had a wonderful interview’ or anything. Try make it as removed as possible so it doesn’t look like you’re ‘creeping’ for the job. I think it’s fine. 

Grumpy_chap

If it was the usual "thanks for your time" email, I'd say to go ahead.

The email saying you found some extra info online after the interview seems a bit creepy.  The interviewer possibly knew the answer anyway and was simply testing your knowledge (not your ability to use a search engine a few hours later).

k12479

KatrinaWaves said:

Try make it as removed as possible so it doesn’t look like you’re ‘creeping’ for the job.

There's a risk of that coming across as an unsophisticated attempt to fish for the job whilst trying to appear not to, especially given it's only a blog post. Might be a bit different if it was more specialised and more personal, say, a professional paper the OP had authored..

AskAsk

k12479 said:

KatrinaWaves said:

Try make it as removed as possible so it doesn’t look like you’re ‘creeping’ for the job.

There's a risk of that coming across as an unsophisticated attempt to fish for the job whilst trying to appear not to, especially given it's only a blog post. Might be a bit different if it was more specialised and more personal, say, a professional paper the OP had authored..

this is why i would think it was !!!!!! licking   

the OP is obviously trying to ingratiate himself to get the job.  the professional thing to do if the OP is really trying to help, without trying to gain anything from it, is to email the interviewer after the process has been completed whether he is successful or not.

k12479

AskAsk said:
...if the OP is really trying to help, without trying to gain anything from it, is to email the interviewer after the process has been completed whether he is successful or not.

I agree. If unsuccessful there's nothing to lose - worst case you might look weird, best case it might open the door to a different or later role with the organisation.

pjcox2005

I’d send the email personally and would have no issue with someone following up an interview like that. It may not change my view on most appropriate candidate but it certainly wouldn’t give a negative view. Perhaps some people see it as needy but I’d see it as just a matter of fact interaction given question asked.

Personally you either send now or don’t bother as momentum lost and they may either forget they asked or have solved it particularly as the recruitment process isn’t always short.

Given current job markets I think sending would differentiate yourself a bit given the numbers of applications/interviews being done.