Write a PERFECT Interview Thank You Email!
About this video
Jeff Su says top candidates plan their interview thank-you email during the interview itself by noting one specific thing the interviewer seems to care about. He cites studies showing 80% of interviewers find thank you notes helpful in hiring decisions, 87% prefer email over a phone call, yet only 24% of job seekers send follow-up emails. Tip one is specificity: use small talk about their weekend, or ask at the end what characteristics a recent hire they enjoy working with had — which forces a concrete example you can reference. He walks through a real email he sent to an interviewer named Arthur, referencing Arthur’s business trip to Singapore, whiskey bars he mentioned, and the SMB business, and suggests adding personality to the subject line. Tip two is getting the email address: ask before leaving, ask the recruiter to forward the note, or use a free mail-finder tool such as Hunter.io. Tip three is ‘pleasant persistence’: send within 24 hours, respect the recruiter’s timeline, then send up to three follow-ups one week apart in the same thread, each mentioning a different detail. As a bonus, use one to two sentences to address a reservation the interviewer raised — for example citing a quarterly newsletter with a 48% open rate, 9% higher than the team average — but only on a topic actually discussed.
Key takeaways
- Plan the thank-you email during the interview by capturing one specific, personal detail the interviewer cares about.
- Be specific rather than generic: reference what was actually discussed, as in his email to Arthur about the Singapore trip and whiskey bars.
- Get the address by asking directly, asking the recruiter to forward the note, or using a free mail-finder tool like Hunter.io.
- Send within 24 hours, then follow up up to three times, one week apart, in the same email thread with a different detail each time.
- Optionally address an interviewer’s stated reservation in one to two sentences, only with relevant evidence from a topic you discussed.
Episode details: published November 22, 2022 · 5:41 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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