Ok good notes there.

Just to add on to your not sending thank you note thing. I have the experience to hire and to interview potential candidates in previous and current company, to a scenario that i have 2 very strong candidates that is top of my list and gave me hard time to decide.

Those two top contender has got the balance competency and exact what we looking for. Moving forward, the offer has eventually give to the one who present himself better AFTER the interview- thank you note,right time to call, quick in answering our further doubts and answer perfectly!

Moral of the story? You decide...

That is apparent the reason i insist to send a quick thank you note within 24/48 hours after our chat.

It could also just mean courtesy on the interviewer part. Since you made the effort to send me a thank you letter, I should reply in kind right? But then who knows what the interviewer is thinking? I mean after all as an interviewer, normally, I should show that I am going to entertain further concerns that  you have and replying in kind only shows that. But then, what I would want to hear from you if say I am the interviewer is more clarification or say things you said something wrong during the interview and perhaps want to elaborate more with good reason. But then you do not want to overdo this as well by overemphasizing on your strength in a seperate letter because all those things should be done in the interview itself. I mean you should appear to be firm. The only place you should try to impress the interviewer is at the interview itself. It's a minus once you have to send an email to defend yourself because it shows that you are desperate unless you want to highlight something  but of course it should be at one's discretion.  A Thank you note is totally pointless because it adds nothing to my perception of the candidate. In fact, it would be a minus because it shows that you are doing worthless things just to gain my attention and there is a very strong likelihood as well that you are going to do the same thing when you join the company. Remember, I am hiring you to do task. I am not hiring you to do meaningless things like write thank you note. I do not want to hear and see you doing things that are not related to the task that I have given you. In fact, the fact that you actually wrote a thank you letter may even make me think that you may even backstab me in the future if say things goes wrong.

The thing is, I should be showing thanks that you are wiling to travel all the way to the company and that there is a possibility that you may not even be employed. So you will be making a wasted trip. That is why sometimes interviewers are even obligated to serve you with say drinks if you come all the way to the interview since they want to make you comfortable and also as a way to thank the interviewer.

ah i see, i actually thought " provoking" is referring to negativity....

alright tq

It's the "waiting game" now...