Following Up After Interviews

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minInterview PreparationLesson 8 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: send a thank-you email within 24 hours that makes the interviewer remember you — plus ready model emails for the check-in, the rejection and the offer.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The email after the handshake

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Art of Following Up

    Read a 178-word text about The Art of Following Up

  2. Reading10 min

    Reading: Four model emails

    Read a 403-word text about Four model emails

  3. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Follow-Up Vocabulary

    6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Complete the Follow-Up Phrases

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Follow-Up Messages

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Post-Interview Communication

    Role-play: Practice writing follow-up messages for different post-interview situations. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the email they remember

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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touch basefollow upreiteratefeedbacktimelinekeep someone posted

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