Ask HN: Interview Thank You Emails. Necessary?

Re:Ask HN: Interview Thank You Emails. Necessary? by sgk284 on Tuesday September 21, 2010 @09:30PM (#1714843)

Courtesy is courtesy no matter what field you're in. I've always sent a thank you note no matter what. They took time out of their schedule for me, it's the least I could do.

Here's two tips to help you:

    1) You can never be too courteous.

    2) There is nothing wrong with being the best dressed in the room.

(Note: I've never worn a suit to an interview, but still always try to dress nicely even if I know the company is a shorts/sandals/t-shirt kind of place. In those instances a nice pair of jeans and an ironed shirt usually work.)

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Re:Ask HN: Interview Thank You Emails. Necessary? by cliffchang on Tuesday September 21, 2010 @10:55PM (#1715020)

The rule of thumb to use in most interviewing situations, not just Software Engineering, is to dress one "degree" up from your interviewers. If you're being interviewed by jeans and a T-shirt, wear a dress shirt and slacks. If you're being interviewed by a dress shirt and slacks, you can't go wrong with a casual suit.

If you're being interviewed by a formal suit, though, don't go busting out the tux :-p. That's the top level.

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Re:Ask HN: Interview Thank You Emails. Necessary? by edge17 on Tuesday September 21, 2010 @10:50PM (#1715011)

yea, same here. Though I don't disagree, I like to dress [well] in a way that suits my personality as well. Showing up in a suit to a startup does say something about you (not that that's bad, but it says something)

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