Job Interview Questions: Should I send a thank you email to friends for job interview?

I just had a job interview and in the panel were a couple of people that I know personally(Going for coffee, lunch, chatting). It seems kind of awkward to send them professional "thank you emails". Should I do it anyway or just write them emails a little more personal?

Thank you!

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you should verbally thank them at the end of the interview if you have did so then ok,now no need for mail or email wait for the offer and if you got the offer then give thanks as many as you like for now just hold down other wise they will think you are looking for a favor and the things could turn around-------just dont get too exited---------cheers

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• No email, write them a letter and send it in the mail. Yes, it should be as professional as it would be if they were not your friends.
  
  OK, I get it - that may feel awkward, but do it anyway. Then follow up with a phone call or go out for coffee or whatever and address it (briefly). Just ask if they got the thank you note and when they say yes, tell them that it was a bit awkward writing it because of the personal relationship but (and this is the key) that you wanted to establish the professional part of the relationship as well because that is important to you too. That is the mature thing to do. The conversation will alleviate the awkwardness, show your friends that you can be professional, and that you are mature enough to address awkward situations and can deal with them in a straightforward and appropriate manner.
  
  Best of luck.


• Thank you emails? That's a new one. Thank yous should be in letters so you can sell yourself again. As for your friends, a phone call and a date for coffee would be more appropriate. Thank them warmly for the chance to interview, then get off the subject. Make the date far enough in the future that they will know you are not trying to influence them. (After you expect a decision to be made)


• always thank them, because they got you a JOB in TODAY'S ECONOMEY.