The Most Effective Thank You Email

Template
I went on 50+ interviews and spoke to well over 100 people during the course of my job search. That
meant a lot of thank you notes and, better yet, a lot of opportunity to test what format works best.

After all was said and done, this is the template that I found to be most effective. I measured
effectiveness by the percentage of people who replied as well my success rate for scoring a slot in the
next round of interviews (or getting the offer).

This data isn’t highly scientific and causation doesn’t imply correlation. However, the template below
led to the most long term relationships, final round interviews, and job offers based on the data I
collected:
 The Thank You Interview Email Template

Subject: Thank You

Hi [Name],

Thank you for taking the time out to chat today. It was wonderful to meet you!

I really enjoyed our conversation, especially the piece about [interesting topic].

I’m very excited about this opportunity, looking forward to hearing more about next steps. If
there’s anything I can provide from my end, don’t hesitate to ask!

Best,

[Your Name]

PS – [Include your personal anecdote here]

 Example #1: Interviewing at LinkedIn & Vacation In Greece

Subject: Thank You

Hi Jennifer,

Thank you for taking the time out to chat today. It was wonderful to meet you!

I really enjoyed our conversation, especially your perspective on LinkedIn’s potential ad

integrating with Microsoft’s platform after the acquisition. The ability to leverage data from both
networks to refine targeting is going to be huge.

I’m very excited about this opportunity, looking forward to hearing more around next steps. If
there’s anything I can provide from my end, don’t hesitate to ask!

Best,
Austin

PS – Here is the link to the Mykonos restaurant I mentioned. Most of the tourists end up at
[Restaurant X], but the locals recommended this spot and it was amazing! Best food we had on
our honeymoon.
 Example #2: Interviewing at Goldman Sachs & Meditation
Instruction

Subject: Thank You

Hi Justin,

Thank you for taking the time out to chat today. It was wonderful to meet you!

I really enjoyed our conversation, especially around the potential overvaluation of stocks given
where the market is at. Here’s the article I mentioned about our streak without a 5% pullback
(the stat actually came from Goldman).

I’m very excited about this opportunity, looking forward to hearing more around next steps. If
there’s anything I can provide from my end, don’t hesitate to ask!

Best,
Austin

PS – Thanks for the recommendation to download Insight Timer, I just did a guided 10 minutes
and it felt great. Do you recommend any of the specific sessions/instructors?

3 Proven Strategies To Help You Turn More

Interviews Into Job Offers

1. 90% Of Interview Success Lies In Your Preparation

Many people prepare for job interviews, but most don't prepare welland they don't do it in a scalable
fashion. Here is a guide to preparation that helped me crush the interview process and land offers at
Google, Microsoft, and Twitter:

This Is How Top Performers Prepare For Interviews

It walks through:
+ A preparation strategy that will allow you to walk into 90%+ of interviews and succeed without any
additional preparation

+ How to know every single question your interviewer will ask you before you ever step foot in the
interview room

+ A trick for completely memorizing your interview answers with minimal effort

+ The 3 parts the perfect interview answer (that will help you ace anything from "Tell Me About
Yourself" to "Tell Me About A Time You Failed")

2. Leveraging Psychological Principles To "Hack" You Interviewer's

Decision

The people with the highest interview-to-offer ratio are the ones who can quickly build a rapport with
the person sitting across the table. That's not easy for most of us to do in a 30 minute conversation
that's usually controlled by a complete stranger. But we can leverage some basic psychological
principles to "hack" our interviewer's brains and make it easier for them to like us (and want to hire
us). Here are two resources for that:

1) This video walks through these psychological principles and will teach you how to learn and
leverage them in your next conversation: How To Leverage Psychology To Ace Your Interview

2) This article will show you how to leverage the Q&A portion of your interview (easily the most
overlooked section) to build that personal relationship that will get you hired: 5 Questions To Ask In
An Interview (Based On Psychology)

3. Going Above & Beyond To Prove Your Value

Most candidates rely on their answers, their resume, and their cover letter to prove out their value.
With the level of competition that exists in the job market today, chances are good that someone else
out there has a better GPA, more experience, has worked at a cooler company, and is generally more
qualified that you are.

If we want to consistently land at the top of our interviewer's "must hire" list, we need to prove out
our value beyond a doubt. The best way to do that is by creating something tangible that illustrates
what you bring to the table.

In the post-interview Q&A from my previous tip above, I recommend asking your interviewer about
the biggest challenge their team is facing. You can use this info to identify areas where you can add
value. After the interview, you can put together a deliverable that addresses that issue with solutions
or suggestions and then you can send it back to your interviewer.

This article walks through the process you can use to research and identify areas of opportunity: How
To Craft The Perfect Value Validation Project
This article showcases 10+ insanely creative projects/initiatives people have put together that lead to
landing their dream job: 10+ Real Value Validation Projects That Worked