Land the Job You Love: Tips to Interview Reconnect After

This continues our series on what you can do to get a great job with a great salary

Daniel had plenty of interviews. He felt he did well in the interviews. Daniel followed-up after each interview asking “Have you made a decision, yet?” Unfortunately, the interviews failed to result in job offers. We taught him to reconnect to provide more reasons to hire him. He had a good paying job within one month.

Reconnect Rather Than Follow-up

Hiring authorities receive very few thank you cards after interviews. You stand out when you send a thank you card. Some job seekers call or email asking if the hiring authority has made a decision. This approach poses problems.

• Reminding people of unfinished tasks irritates them
• You have little else to say or ask after that question
• You fail to provide additional reasons to hire you

We suggest instead of following-up, you reconnect with hiring authorities:

• Follow-up keeps you in their mind and discerns if they hired someone
• Reconnecting offers more reasons to hire you and schedule more interviews

Five Steps to Reconnecting

• Evaluate the interview immediately afterward, before you get distracted.
  • Who conducted the interview? Their job titles? How to spell their name?
  • What went well in the interview? What connected with them?
  • What did you say that you wish you had not said?
  • What did you not say that you wish you had said?
  • Any requirements you do not satisfy?
• Send a thank you card while still in the building (take blank ones to the interview). Restate one thing that went well in the interview
• Call 3-4 working days later: fix the answer you did not say well
• Call 3 working days later: give the answer you wish had given
• Call 4 working days later: suggest how you compensate for the requirement you lack

End each phone call with two sentences

• “Thank you. I really want to work with you.”
• “Is now a good time to schedule a second interview?”

Reconnect to remind and influence them to hire you.

Friday we explore how to negotiate win-win job and salary offers