# Etiquette Q: Job Interview Thank You Note, Forms of Adress Therein

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-q-job-interview-thank-you-note-forms-of-adress-therein/394888>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 7, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-q-job-interview-thank-you-note-forms-of-adress-therein/394888 "2007-03-07T01:02:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-q-job-interview-thank-you-note-forms-of-adress-therein/394888/1 "2007-03-07T01:02:37Z")

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Ok, so I had two interviews at a small law firm for a summer job. I want to send thank you notes to the partners who interviewed me for the position.

The firm has 2 partners, a man and a woman. They are married (they told me) and the woman uses her husband’s last name. When addressing the card for the woman, which is more appropriate?:  
A. Mrs. X  
B. Ms. X

Where X is the surname both share.

I’m leaning towards Ms. X. What say you all?

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-q-job-interview-thank-you-note-forms-of-adress-therein/394888/2 "2007-03-07T01:11:05Z")

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Ms. Firstname X, definitely. Unless she had something different on her name plate or letterhead.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-q-job-interview-thank-you-note-forms-of-adress-therein/394888/3 "2007-03-07T01:16:32Z")

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Yup, Ms.

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**Author:** ![Emeria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Emeria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emeria)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-q-job-interview-thank-you-note-forms-of-adress-therein/394888/4 "2007-03-07T03:37:13Z")

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I agree, you can’t go wrong with Ms.