The idea that the person who gets nothing from an interview should be thankful for the opportunity is utterly brain dead.
The other perspective is that after digging through literally hundreds or thousands of applications, I picked you and we both took a huge chunk out of our day to try to connect. Did you like the interview? Did you have questions after? Did I do a good job explaining the role? There’s so much left unsaid after an interview that it does help to give a hiring manager closure, particularly if they have to interview a dozen other people that day. You’re not dancing for my enjoyment, you’re showing you care more than the 11 other people who shrugged and wandered off after without thinking about it. And the hundreds more in the following week or weeks.
I’m just more likely to remember people who seem engaged and enthusiastic to work.
The other perspective is that after digging through literally hundreds or thousands of applications, I picked you and we both took a huge chunk out of our day to try to connect. Did you like the interview? Did you have questions after? Did I do a good job explaining the role? There’s so much left unsaid after an interview that it does help to give a hiring manager closure, particularly if they have to interview a dozen other people that day. You’re not dancing for my enjoyment, you’re showing you care more than the 11 other people who shrugged and wandered off after without thinking about it. And the hundreds more in the following week or weeks.
I’m just more likely to remember people who seem engaged and enthusiastic to work.
FFS what’s your colon smell like from the inside?