After the Residency Interview - Thank you notes 

When you are done with your residency interview, meet the residency program’s secretary and express your appreciation for her help in arranging the interview day and thank her.

·         Once you get home, write down all the positive and negative points about the residency program. Put down your personal thoughts about the residency program and community. Give each residency program a score, based on your personal criteria. This will refresh your memory at the time of preparing your rank order list for the ERAS / NRMP match. 

·         Don’t forget to write individual “thank you letters” to all interviewers and the residency program’s secretary. Letters to the residents / fellows is optional.

·         If you were impressed with the residency program and are giving it serious consideration, we would recommend that you visit the residency program again for a second look. Plan to spend a full day following the residents, as they go about, doing their daily hospital routine. This helps you decide about ranking the residency program, besides improving your chances of getting a position there.