Post-interview municipal HR etiquette question

June 20, 2015 8:15 AM

Would love to hear feedback from someone familiar with municipal HR practices. Yesterday I interviewed for a position with a city department. The interview was set up by someone from city HR, but was I was actually interviewed by people in the department. At the end of the interview, the contact from HR told me I could not contact the interviewers, but I could direct questions to her (the HR contact). I believe this is all because of various regulations regarding city hiring. When I've been interviewing for other jobs (private companies), I have sent a post-interview "thanks" email to the interviewer. Since I can't contact the people I interviewed with, is it appropriate to send a "thank you for organizing the interview" email to the HR person who has been my point of contact so far?
posted by anonymous to Work & Money (3 answers total)

I would ask the HR contact to pass your thanks along to the interviewers.
posted by coppermoss at 8:24 AM on June 20, 2015 [2 favorites]

I worked in county HR. We often had people send thank you email to us asking that it be forwarded to the hiring committee. Best wishes for a successful job hunt!
posted by jennstra at 8:28 AM on June 20, 2015

There's no downside to sending a thank you.

I work for local government. When I interviewed there was no such statement about not contacting the interviewers (there were four, plus HR), but no one gave me their card or contact information. So I sent written notes to the main mailing address and then to their attention. No one ever mentioned to me whether or not they got my note, but I did get the job so it could have been a point in my favor, who knows.
posted by vignettist at 10:53 AM on June 20, 2015