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I interviewed several times for a position and I know they still haven't made their decision.

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I interviewed several times for a position and I know they still haven't made their decision. I went to send letters reiterating my interest to the potential boss and his boss. Problem is, I noticed a very small mistake on both of them, corrected it, and sent them again. Bigger problem, the second one I sent to the boss's boss had the other name in the salutation. I corrected that, and sent it again. Now, one will be receiving 3 emails from me and one will be receiving 2. Do you think they'll maybe only look at the latest one? Do you think this goof up could seriously hurt me. I mean, I've come this far in the process, so they have to be interested.

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  1. Anonymous

    It really depends on the people you sent it to. If it was me (keeping in mind that I'm not a recruiter or hr or hiring manager), I would glance over the thread, wonder why you emailed me the same thing 3 times, read the latest one and maybe skim the others if I was curious enough. If I found the mistakes, I'd probably laugh it off as nerves and not think much about it. If I hired you, I'd probably try to say something to let you know I noticed and mistakes aren't the end of the world as long as you learn from them.

    But again, that's me. It depends on them. Whether you get the position or not, best you can do is learn from the mistake and update your proofreading process to compensate.

    Good Luck!

  2. Anonymous

    Next time consider slowing down proofing your work. If there is an error please don't resend. It doesn't help. It only highlights your work and rework.

  3. Anonymous

    This^

  4. Anonymous

    Hi, you are not alone, I have the tendency to do that all the time :-) and I learned after many years of having this habit... is if you made a mistake (minor), just leave it, people may not even notice it, more explanation brings unnecessary attention to your mistake and you are blowing it up yourself. If its mis-spell of someone's name, then maybe one line to apologize and blame auto-spelling, but do not resend your note. Hope this helps.

  5. Anonymous

    Don't send a 3rd one unless you lol in it and say oops so excited I clearly did not check before I hit send...otherwise let it go.

  6. Kari Hadley

    Unfortunately, I'd already sent all of them when I posted here. I'm hoping they will just chalk it up to nerves. (It was nerves, plus lack of sleep)

  7. Dr. Erica Walls

    It's difficult to know whether they will notice or care about those mistakes. But it's very valuable that YOU noticed and understand that typos can be detrimental. Either way, learn from this and double-check your messages before hitting "send" in the future.

  8. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

    Too late for this particular situation, but if you're using Outlook you can recall the message if it hasn't been opened.

  9. Kari Hadley

    It turns out it didn't make a difference. I'm still in consideration. I use gmail, so there really isn't time

  10. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

    That's great news! GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!

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