Follow-up email
Discussion
Hi all, the situation is this:
A couple of years ago, I'd been invited to interview for a job, and was informed I'd need to carry out a presentation. All went very well, but the post was given to a better qualified/skilled candidate on the day.
Fast forward to today: I attended an interview for a very similar post at the same place, and it was sprung on me that they were expecting a presentation (which I hadn't been notified of). To which I told them that I wasn't informed of this and hadn't prepared any material. But was willing to do a presentation "on-the-fly" on a similarly related topic to my previous presentation.
I think I did quite well (all things considered) and have since double checked to make sure that this wasn't an oversight on my part (it wasn't - so must've have been an HR error).
Here is my question... Do you think I should write a follow-up email, thanking them etc. attaching a copy of the email from HR which doesn't mention the presentation requirement? (I still have my invitation email from two years ago, which DOES include the requirement for a presentation).
Would really appreciate your thoughts on the matter, as I am really keen to land the role, but follow-ups seem to be frowned upon (in the UK) and I don't want to seem to be critical of their process. But more importantly, I don't want them to think I was disorganised/ill-prepared.
A couple of years ago, I'd been invited to interview for a job, and was informed I'd need to carry out a presentation. All went very well, but the post was given to a better qualified/skilled candidate on the day.
Fast forward to today: I attended an interview for a very similar post at the same place, and it was sprung on me that they were expecting a presentation (which I hadn't been notified of). To which I told them that I wasn't informed of this and hadn't prepared any material. But was willing to do a presentation "on-the-fly" on a similarly related topic to my previous presentation.
I think I did quite well (all things considered) and have since double checked to make sure that this wasn't an oversight on my part (it wasn't - so must've have been an HR error).
Here is my question... Do you think I should write a follow-up email, thanking them etc. attaching a copy of the email from HR which doesn't mention the presentation requirement? (I still have my invitation email from two years ago, which DOES include the requirement for a presentation).
Would really appreciate your thoughts on the matter, as I am really keen to land the role, but follow-ups seem to be frowned upon (in the UK) and I don't want to seem to be critical of their process. But more importantly, I don't want them to think I was disorganised/ill-prepared.
Thanks for the feedback guys, I decided to just ride it out. I came to the conclusion that I had performed well and by drawing attention back to this issue, I was risking them focusing on the negative aspect.
As for Andy's swimming pool analogy, I'm more of a shallow end with arm bands kinda guy!
As for Andy's swimming pool analogy, I'm more of a shallow end with arm bands kinda guy!
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