[jsfg_cinti] Re: "Thanks but No Thanks"Letter

I agree with this.  Be polite and gracious.  Who
knows, they might know some other company who needs
someone with your qualifications, and that would
definitely be something that might cause them to
remember you favorably.  But I would spend no more
time or energy worrying about it after I mailed the
letter.

                   Edwin Clements


--- Les Sper <lessper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> The smartest thing you can do is to send (US Mail) a
> 'thanks for the
> consideration' letter to the first partner. 
> Basically you should say that
> you really enjoyed the interview discussion,
> continue to be very interested
> in the firm, and if a suitable position should come
> open you would like to
> be considered.  Wish them well and move on.  You
> might call it a "Thanks for
> the turndown" letter.
> 
> It's very unlikely you'll find out what happened,
> which could range from the
> position being filled by another candidate, to
> stronger candidates having
> surfaced after your interview, to the opening being
> cancelled, to the other
> partner wanting to change the specs on what they are
> looking for, to the
> business being sold, to who knows what.   Time to
> move on, gracefully, to
> other possibilities, while leaving the door open.
> 
> Les Sper
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Matthews" <bmatthews0626@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <jsfg_cinti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 3:30 PM
> Subject: [jsfg_cinti] "Thanks but No Thanks"Letter
> 
> 
> > Can anyone (especially in the Accounting SIG)
> relate to the following and
> maybe give me some ideas on how I might reply (and I
> do intend to reply) to
> this letter I received?
> > I have recently had an interview with a local CPA
> firm. The partner (I'll
> call him the "first partner") of the firm whom I had
> the interview with
> talked like I could qualify for the position (Senior
> Accountant). I later,
> after the interview, sent him a thank you note (via
> email) thanking him for
> the interview and that I enjoyed talking with him,
> etc. He replied that he
> enjoyed the interview and talking with me as well
> and said to call him on
> May 3 if I had not heard from him. At the close of
> the interview, he had
> said something to the effect that he would discuss
> my application/resume
> with another partner and they might call me in for a
> second interview if
> things looked good. Well, apparently the other
> (second) partner did not
> share the interviewing (first) partner's opinion
> that I could qualify for
> this position, as the letter that I received from
> the interviewer stated
> that the firm doesn't have a position available at
> this time that matches my
> qualifications. This is a lit
> >  tle confusing to me, because the first partner
> called me in for an
> interview, and so apparently there was something in
> my resume that told him
> I could qualify for the job, yet the second partner
> seems to disagree. I
> really don't know what to think. Any suggestions on
> what I might say in
> reply to this letter?
> >
> > Thank you kindly
> >
> > Bill Matthews
> > bmatthews0626@xxxxxxxx
> >
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