As a Brit I have literally never heard of this practice either! Must be a US thing?

In Spain we neither do this thing. We send lots of F-you emails though.

American here. I have never sent a thank you email (or note) after an interview. It is weird and not something anyone but my grandmother would have done. If I don't get a job, despite being qualified everywhere else, because I didn't send a thank you email I don't want to work there. This type of requirement screams micromanager and sycophant work environment.

German here too. I would never do this. An interview is between equals, i would not see myself as an equal if i need this kind of thing.

Not done in Belgium either! it would be seen as superfluous and pointless. Also as a "look at meeee" type thing

European living in America, can totally confirm this is an American thing. I went to a job training a couple of months ago here and this is the kind of c**p they teach you is a must. I always thought in Europe it would be viewed more as a desperate way of standing out or "sucking up" to the employer.

No. I’ve never even heard of doing this. If I were a hiring manager I would even question the integrity of someone sending such emails. It seems extremely fake and manipulative, an a*s-kissing type of thing to do.

It IS a U.S thing actually. It’s a thank you note for putting you through hell by grilling you with questions. Corporate companies in the U.S like to have the upper hand and try to make you feel like you are lucky to work for them. If I am working countless hours and you are using my skills and talents, then it looks like you are lucky to have me.

I'm American so I can say, I have heard people and career coaches recommend doing this but I have never done this after any interview and have gotten good jobs in my field with no problem. I also can say that I don't remember any of my friends or family talking about this or doing this during the hiring process. I guess it probably depends on the industry you are in?

Thank you. I am also german and this whole article surprised and confused me. I have never ever send an Thank-You-E-Mail after an interview. I think the same way you do. It seems to be an american thing.

Never heard of it. I think it's not a culture thing but a personal thing. I also don't understand why I need to thank them for giving me an interview, if I'd already been polite and thanked them during the meeting (if not, then I'm probably not a polite person anyway...). Also, if I were to thank somebody, I would be thanking the future boss for interviewing me, not some HR person who is literally paid to interview me, and their job actually depends on being able to hire the right person for the job. Seems to me this HR person has some sort of God complex.

Same, I've never heard of such a thing! I simply thank them for their time at the end of the interview. This reminds me of my mother making me write screeds of personalised thank you letters on special occasions, even when I'd already thanked the person.....

As an American, this is the stupidest s**t I've ever heard of. I say thank you in the interview. I've never sent a thank you email and I've received nothing back unless they called for hiring. Sounds like this woman wants to go back to the 1950's.

I'm in the U.S. and I've never sent a f*****g thank you email after an interview. I thank them while I'm still in the room, upon completion of the interview. I've heard of it, but it's overkill. Nobody has time for that s**t.

English here and I've never heard of this c**p either, it seems more pushy than polite to me.

I'm American and I've never heard of this...Mind you, I'm only 14 :/

Former HR assistant from Hungary: I haven't heard of such a thing. In a job interview the representative of the company(!) thanks the candidate for taking their time for job interview (and vice versa, OFC). There is a new generation of employees who are not afraid to leave the company immediately if they are not satisfied or feel ucomfortable. They change companies like teethbrush, because they can find another job easily. I don't think Jessica would be successful in this area in the future :-o

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Schnauze, du Vollidiot! In Deutschland musst du das schon auf Türkisch tun.