Expecting A Response From That Job Interview? Here’s How To Write A Professional Follow-Up E-Mail

After that interview, you return home smiling because you think it was nailed and the employer has no reason to drop you. After some weeks, you didn’t get another response and you’re wondering what went wrong during and after the interview. If you’re in such a situation, you have nothing to worry about.

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The interviewers might properly be too busy or they’re planning to call you sometime later. It’s perfectly okay to send them a follow-up email, just to remind them you’re expecting their response.

Here are the tips you need when writing a follow-up email.

1. Use The Conversation Thread

If you send a fresh e-mail, there’s a higher possibility they won’t open it. The best subject line, and the one that’s going to get opened faster than anything else is to simply reply to the latest email between the two of you. Just send your mail as a reply to the previous mail they sent you.

2. Avoid Abbreviations

The recruiter or interviewer is not your WhatsApp or Instagram friend so you shouldn’t use any form of abbreviation. The use of proper and well constructed English will portray you as a polite individual.

3. Get To The Point Immediately

The recruiter is a very busy person and boring them is the last you want to do. Get to the point from the first paragraph of the email.

4. Sell Yourself

In the body of the mail, reassure the recruiter that you’re capable of handling the position applied for.  Emphasize your skills and/or experience that makes this possible, and round up with how you’re very interested in working and growing with the company.