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Originally Posted by KSigkid
That totally depends on the interviewer and the HR department. I could name at least 5 who I have talked to who DO NOT like to get snail mail thank-you's, for the reasons Rudey noted. A lot of HR and hiring people are extremely busy, and don't want to sit reading thank-you notes or opening cards that will just end up in the trash anyway. A short email can do wonders.
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I used to work for a Fortune top 10 where the HR department told all of the interns in a round table discussion that if it didn't arrive electronically it got thrown away unopened. They also threw away the cover letter without reading (takes too much time). This was also the kind of company you couldn't send a letter to anyone in the building without their mailcode and good luck getting that - most people didn't even know theirs.
I hire people all of the time although I'm not in HR. My preferred method of communication in all things is e-mail. I do not give preference on how the thank you comes, and truthfully I only care about the person's work ethic and qualifications. If I liked you in the interview you get the job whether you send a thank you or not. I have way too much going on to not hire a seemingly good employee based on whether I get a thank you card from them or not... Maybe this makes me more like the men in business, I don't know.