A follow-up email should do more than ask for an update. It should remind the hiring team why the conversation mattered and make it easy to reply.
Use these swaps
- After the interview: name one detail from the conversation, then connect it to proof from your work.
- When there is no update: ask whether the timeline has shifted instead of asking whether you got the job.
- One last nudge: stay warm, assume delays happen, and leave the door open.
Save this before your next interview so you are not writing from panic later.
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