# Job Interview etiquette

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-etiquette/426344>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 14, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-etiquette/426344 "2007-11-14T05:02:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-etiquette/426344/1 "2007-11-14T05:02:07Z")

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Had an interview with a recruiter 3 weeks ago. Everything seemed great and she said that she would get back to me in 2 weeks. Well, its been a week since the 2 weeks. Should I email her? How should I word it? I don’t want to be pushy but I really want to know if I got the job or not. Dopers, how would you handle it? Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-etiquette/426344/2 "2007-11-14T10:04:38Z")

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You can’t lose by emailing her, so go for it.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-etiquette/426344/3 "2007-11-14T11:34:56Z")

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A polite e-mail is fine. Both of you make money if you get a job and you are simply showing your enthusiasm.

(Also if this recruiter can’t even get you a promised reply on time, what are the chances she can actually get you a job? :eek: )

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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-etiquette/426344/4 "2007-11-14T13:37:50Z")

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Did you send her a ‘thank you’ email the next day or so? If not, I’d use that to follow up. If so, I’d actually call her. There’s no subterfuge here, you both know the nature of your relationship is to get you a job.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-etiquette/426344/5 "2007-11-14T13:59:32Z")

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I didn’t want to be the one to tell you this, **Burrido** , but your fly was open during the interview.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-etiquette/426344/6 "2007-11-14T20:38:29Z")

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An e-mail would be fine, something like:

Thank you again for meeting with me on \<date\> to discuss the \<position name\> position. [filler about how you enjoyed learning more about the position and how your skills are suited for it.] Could you let me know the status of the search and my application?