How to Follow Up After a Job Interview

Following up after an interview is expected, but it's easy to do in a way that reads as generic filler rather than something that actually helps your case. A good follow-up note is short, specific, and sent within a day.

What to include

• A genuine thank you, specific to something discussed -- not a generic "thanks for your time."
• One brief callback to a moment in the conversation, ideally something you could speak to further or clarify.
• Restated interest in the role, specific to something you learned during the interview, not before it.

What to skip

Don't restate your whole resume or re-pitch yourself from scratch -- that's what the interview was for. Keep it to a few sentences. If you haven't heard back by the timeline they gave you, a brief, polite check-in is appropriate; anything more frequent starts to work against you.