hey everybody Don Georgevich with job
interview tools today I want to talk
about following up after a job interview
and more specifically when to follow up
after your interview I get a lot of
calls from people and they're like Don
you know one should I follow up after
none of you
I mean sometimes it takes three or four
weeks for these employers to get back to
me and you know I don't want to feel
like I'm stalking them or anything but I
kind of want to know if they're
interested so the best time to follow up
is when they are getting ready to make a
hiring decision kind of right before
that so how do you know well you know
when they're getting ready to make a
decision by asking them so let's go back
to your first interview when you sat
down with them and at the end of the
interview they asked if you had any
final questions that's when you ask them
when do you plan to make a hiring
decision and they're gonna say maybe in
two or three weeks or more and then your
follow-up question to that is do you
mind if I give you a call or do you mind
if I send you an email follow-up in a
couple of weeks to see where you're at
obviously they're going to say yes and
that's your opportunity to get their
contact information so then you might
ask them you know what's the best number
to give you a call out or what's your
best email address they're going to give
you that information now you have it you
write it down and then in two or three
weeks you give them a call or you send
them an email prefer that you want to
give them a call and now you have a time
frame for when they're getting ready to
make a hiring decision and you want to
call them you know several days before
that now for me personally I always
called my interviewers just pick up the
phone and give them a call
leave a voicemail or whatever but I
would call them because calling builds
rapport so much more than just sending
an email I mean anybody can send an
email email is cheap and easy and it
just lands on their inbox and they're
either gonna ignore it delete it or
maybe they'll give you a quick reply but
calling is so much more personal and
like I said it kind of builds that
rapport in the more conversations that
you have with your interviewer the more
rapport you have the more likely they
are to considered
you for this job so what are you going
to say if you call them now what I would
call I'd have two scripts ready I'd have
one script that was exactly what I was
going to say if I got the voicemail the
other script was what I was going to say
if they picked up the phone so I kind of
have two scripts that kind of go like
this pick up the phone if you like hey
yeah this is dawn Georgia which here I
just wanted to follow up with you on
that consulting position and I wondered
if you're still on track to make a
hiring decision by the end of next week
if you could give me a call back at your
earliest convenience I'm looking forward
to hearing from you that's it you see
how simple that was I left them a
voicemail it was pleasant I told them
what I was looking for and I told them
to give me a call back at their earliest
convenience or I asked them to give me a
call back so now the other option is
what if they pick up the phone what are
you going to say so it could kind of go
like this you're like hey yo this is Don
Georgia rich here hey Dave I'm glad I
caught you at your desk is now a bad
time to talk about that consulting
position and so what are they gonna say
I asked them if it's a bad time so I'm
being polite and I'm asking if it's okay
to talk if he says yes it's a bad time
can you call me back tomorrow fine you
say that's fine I'll call you back
tomorrow if he says now this is not a
bad time at all and then you lead into
your questions about the position and
you can ask them you know have you guys
decided on a on a hiring date yet or you
know are you still on track to make a
hiring decision something like that
those are yes/no questions but it's okay
to ask oh yes sir now if they actually
pick up the phone if you're sending an
email or if you're leaving voicemail I
kind of like to avoid the yes-or-no
questions and ask them questions that
force them to give more of a response I
mean if you send them an email and you
say hey have you guys decided on making
a hiring decision that's just a simple
yes or now they might reply back and say
no so if you're going to send an email
what you want to do is kind of reflect
back to the time of the job interview
and kind of refresh their memory and
yeah you have more work to do an email
but you kind of want to refresh their
memory about the interview let them know
you're still interested in the position
and ask them if they've decided on
making a decision or when they plan to
make a decision or if they're you know
they're even still interested in you but
I wouldn't ask that don't ask if they're
still interested in you that's just a
simple yes or no you want to ask them if
they're still on track to make a
decision
all right so if you're going to call or
email the best time I've found to do
this is on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.
here's why Monday's I don't like
following up because it's a busy day
it's after the weekend and they've got
to answer all kinds of other emails
they've got they've got meetings to go
into you they've got fires to put out
so never follow up on Monday Tuesday is
great because they've already had a
chance to settle in for the week and
they're just getting going and they're
full of energy so Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.
if you're going to call or even email
it's a great time to drop it in or and
you know like I said Tuesday at 9 a.m.
is just optimal you can follow up
anytime on Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday
but Friday don't follow on Friday
because that's a windown day they're
getting they're closing out everything
for the week and they don't want to have
to deal with responding to you or taking
your phone call so there you go Tuesday
9:00 a.m. best time to follow up so what
do you say in a follow-up letter well
I'll tell you I've got a whole book of
them right here it's called perfect
thank-you letters I've got about a 100
different thank-you letters in this
guide and they're just gonna kind of
walk you through what to say so like if
you're in health care or you're in
government industry you're in accounting
finance teaching you know medical field
whatever it is I've got sample thank-you
letters for email and hand written
business letters in this guide it's
gonna teach you exactly what to do it's
gonna tell you why you want to say the
things that you say it's very simple
easy to follow and this is a quick and
easy download you can get this from job
interview tools calm I'll put the link
for it in the description below but this
is just gonna kind of take out all the
guesswork about you know how to follow
up and when to follow and I go a lot and
I go into a lot more detail on following
up that I can in this video all right my
friend that's all I have for you today
good luck
on your next interview I'll see you in
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