Well it highly depends, very much situational on the thank-you note thing.

Some recruiters do not have time, they might not be bothered about it and trust me when I say most of them behaves that way.

However some times (very rare?) you might get lucky and are able to enhance the interviewer's impression towards you based on your performance at the interview + thank you email.

Honestly, I think I've never sent one lol. One is, because I usually don't have the interviewer's email (it's just the HR's email) and secondly, I find that if I did well in the interview, they'll get back to me irregardless of the note as I do not believe it will influence their decision.

But yes, understand where you're coming from. It's good to be courteous and thank someone for it. There are people who do appreciate it.

Refer to sweet_pez.

It is good to thank them on the spot. Express ur gratitude for being invited for interview the first chance u have to open ur mouth.

After the interview, thank the interviewer again.

That is enough

May i know how many companies out there have this so called Stereotyping perception esp on married women?

Explain more?

Leaving early? Frequent annual leave & emergency leave?

Exactly..tht's the perception which cause them being unwanted right?

Discrimination is quite true. Depends on the head/leader/boss...

For the past interviews, I found that I was asking too many questions about the company, up until the interviewer said: make sure this is the last question.
Their website do not have much info so before I invest my career of course I need to know certain information.
However, will it somehow 'challenge' the authority of the interviewer?
What should I do then?
Kindly advise. Thank you.

Some questions r insignificant. Wat did u ask? List it down here.

1. career advancement in your company
2. How many people in a team
3. Working environment
4. What happen to certain industry that ur compay had overlooked
5. Company structure
6. Salary and benefit

Is that a lot?

1) good question
2) reasonable
3) reasonable, but when u were there for interview, u would hv seen the environment too.
4) not very sure wat u r asking or how this is related to ur employment. What do u mean?
5) reasonable
6) reasonable.

Not a problem to me

LOL...thanks...
Coz there was one interviewer said that I asked too many ques and it feels like challenge her authority. It was an awful experience.

I dun c how these questions could challenge her authority whatsoever. If she is ur superior in the company, u won't have much room 4improvement n career advancement.

Dictator.

Thank for your opinion. Maybe my face too garang when I am asking. lol. muka busuk haha

always try to ask constructive question, and definitely positive type of questions...there is no right or wrong in asking too many questions...in actual fact it shows that your are very keen on the job

Sorry to say this, but Msia is a uncivilized society, and there is no civicness instill in our school education, hence in Msian context, you dont need to send a letter. But if you are in UK or US, please do so, it do carry weight.

In Msia, I would say, if you are going for higher executive job, say more than rm15000K (not fixed numbers here), please do send a letter, coz normally the interview is done by CEO. etc.

This could be one reason. The other could be you had not been paying attention as the answers to your question were revealed earlier.


How many thank you letters have you written to prospective employers in US or UK. You seem like an expert on the job market there. May I ask if the yanks and the brits adore bootlickers?
This I agree. On the contrary, if I already had you in mind then it builds better rapport.

Give her a break. Her authority issue stems from the fact that she gets abused by her husband at home, and her parents when she was young.

Why would you want to re-write your resume? A cold call is sufficient to confirm your status of application/interview.

Regards, Joey

Just to pose another opinion:
1. Fine
2. Fine
3. Dunno -> it's not easy to "describe" a culture. what are you expecting to hear from that question? No one would tell you, "Damn it's awful working here!" unless this person is not interested to hire you besides you won't hear much truths till you experience for yourself, thus it's irrelevant in my context. again, this is just personal opinion
4. Huh? Like? are you talking bout something related to business development? imo i'll only bring it up during discussion/ talk with boss
5. Structure... i think you'll find out when the interviewer elaborate in Q2. Question might overlap a little
6. I don't ask this question anymore; I'll wait for interviewer to bring it up.

Well again, when this person tells you it felt like you're challenging her authority, it could be the method you're asking questions or even how you phrase your question. Look at it this way, if you use subtle language to ask in a casual manner, no one would feel 'threatened' by them. But if, the mannerism in which you pose the question is not right, then yes, she might feel a little hostility as to you're questioning her knowledge/ ability.

Although in your opinion some of the questions are necessary, try to hold back until you've got a chance for 2nd interview when the things discussed are more in depth. Some will argue that if they feel uncomfortable with these questions in the first round, why bother with 2nd round but honestly, we're only hearing matters from your perspective on what happened. it could indeed be the interviewer's fault, or maybe not. Am not saying it's anybody's fault but sometimes interview works a bit different. Everyone's on their best behaviour trying to find out more yet sometimes the chemistry with the interviewer is just not there.

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This post has been edited by Msyo: Jun 16 2011, 04:24 PM