How to Win the Job by Communicating with Confidence

Fearless Interviewing

Ms. Bettina Simmons

Executive Vice President

Ionit, Incorporated

554 Second Avenue, Suite 237A

New York, NY 103XX

Dear Ms. Simmons:

What a pleasure it was to meet you after hearing so much

about you from Carol Jones! I must say I was very flattered

that you extended our meeting from the half hour we had

planned to almost ninety minutes. I certainly appreciate your

generosity in sharing your ideas about the company and

acquainting me with Bob Delts and the others on the team.

Something in our exchange rang a bell for me, and I just

thought I’d share it with you. You mentioned that Ionit would

be opening an office soon in Minneapolis and that a senior

vice president would be needed there for a time to get the

January product launch off to a roaring start.

I didn’t mention it at the interview, but I happen to have

experience with the marketing of DTrek 5001 and similar

software. I planned and executed a similar launch in my prior

position at 4Tell, and I ended up saving the company almost

a quarter of a million dollars by including a direct-mailing

component in the project.

I believe that I have the wisdom gained from experience to be

instrumental in the same kinds of substantial savings for Ionit

and, if hired, I plan to present several scenarios that I think

would be beneficial for the Minneapolis effort. I also am free

to relocate there until the product is off to a healthy start in

the Minneapolis market.

Again thank you for your time in the interview. If you have

any questions I can answer or if you would like to see a sam-

ple proposal for my ideas for the Minneapolis project, I

would be happy to oblige.

Regards,

Han Nguyen

(212) 883-XXXX

[email protected]

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