The Perils of Texting (Or – Can You Fix a Job Interview Thank You Note Mistake?)
One of my medical sales candidates had a great interview, and was following my advice to send a thank you note to the hiring manager as quickly as possible. I usually advise job candidates to email their thank you notes rather than sending by snail mail because hiring decisions are often made faster than a letter would get there. BUT, she sent the thank you note on her iPhone, and she made a mistake. She realized after she sent the note that she had misspelled a word, and she was devastated. That’s almost as bad as misspelling a word on your resume. So, as her medical sales recruiter, I told her to go back to her computer and send another note: “In my excitement over the job, I wanted to send you a thank you note as soon as possible. However, I realized that I misspelled ________. I’m embarrassed. It’s just not like me to make a mistake like that.” And so on. She ended the note with something positive, and the interview process went on. (In another situation, that would have ended her
