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Interview follow-up protocol

Janet

Hi Community,

I would like your opinion on the follow.

We interviewed a candidate last Thursday (the day of the heatwave), it was for a senior position.  The interview went well but neither myself nor my colleague were ‘blown away’, however the candidate has since followed up with an email explaining that he doesn’t feel that he did himself any justice during the interview and had been affected by the heat.

On paper he is an ideal candidate and has come highly recommended.  However, on the day he was a little lack lustre.  The manager that I interviewed with thinks that the heat is a poor excuse and the follow up email has confirmed in their opinion that this person isn’t right for our organisation.

My question is, in general what is your opinion of follow up emails such as these from a candidate?

Thanks.

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  • From my perspective, follow up from a candidate reinforces their interest and commitment to the job/company. It obviously meant a lot to them to perform well at the interview and show the best version of themselves.

    We can all have our off days and we all have things going on that affect us from time to time. I always like to see the good/positive so if it were me, I would be inclined to have another conversation with the candidate to confirm one way or another (after all, if the shoe was on the other foot, I would hope someone would do that for me!).
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  • From my perspective, follow up from a candidate reinforces their interest and commitment to the job/company. It obviously meant a lot to them to perform well at the interview and show the best version of themselves.

    We can all have our off days and we all have things going on that affect us from time to time. I always like to see the good/positive so if it were me, I would be inclined to have another conversation with the candidate to confirm one way or another (after all, if the shoe was on the other foot, I would hope someone would do that for me!).
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