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If you had two very close candidates, and one sent you a followup email making their case specific to the job, that wouldn't sway you?
Depends. Are you hiring people to send thank you emails?
No, because the time to make a case specific to the job is during the interview. Also, interviewees rarely have my email address. I wouldn't assume they all do.
Thank you emails on their own are kind of pointless, but it's a crucial tool for applicant to address anything that they realize might have been missed or to clarify something they thought was important.
It's a perfect opportunity to offer thanks and further your case for the position, but it should be relevant to the interview.
Industry dependent I know but every time I've had two good candidates I've just gone ahead and hired both
That's definitely not a common thing, unless you're fielding a new team or division. There is a limit though, yeah? So it could be a deciding factor even when hiring multiple positions from the same pool of candidates.
Every thank you letter I've sent wasn't a thank you letter at all. I call back to specific things the interviewer said during our interview, and make it one last opportunity to pitch myself as the best candidate.