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Hi All,
I have been sent a grovelling boiler plate letter to fill in and email to a company I had an interview with last week, should I? I ask as this is the widest spread I can think of (Juniors to Seniors). The role looked interesting, the location was a bit awkward. It's just the fact 'they' are the party asking you, rather you asking them. I accept that it changes every so often but I have seen it in the book "What Colour (Color) is my Parachute" but I have had chance to get to it yet.
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Have they sent you a letter thanking you for your time? No? Then they can, to put it as politely as I know, GDIAFBOT*.
In other news, all recruiters are b'tards, recruiters doubly so. 
* that's Flaming Ball of Tar for those not to sure.
veni bibi saltavi
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FOAD == Flutter Off And Die...
GDIAF == Go Die In A Fire...
GDIAFBOT == Go Die In A Flaming Ball Of Tar
veni bibi saltavi
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So, yes it is Hungarian, Attila the Hun style
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Well Atila did have a way with words!
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Well, the irony is that he must have had that, in order to make other follow him. 
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Hungarian is far more complex. As a language their swearing has made it all but impossible to say "Your Mother" without a kind adjective. There's even a tendency to improvise and combine multiple curses; and curses are what most of them are. So something like "May God [redacted] your 'seamstress' mother with a horse" would not be too surprising. On a good day, Mrs Wife can keep up a stream of expletive laden curses for fifteen minutes without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
veni bibi saltavi
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I do remember reading a reply from a request to surrender from a commander somewhere in Hungary (or surroundings) around year 1000 or so. In the letter he basically said, No I wont surrender, you'd have to fight us.
However it amounted to a full A4 page with normal 14 size font of insults of what you mother was/wanted/should be doing to other animals, and that your sisters and brothers were doing on their spare time etc. It was stunning to read, and quite funny.
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“Nuts”
– Brig. General Anthony C. McAuliffe
101st Airborne Division
Bastogne, 22 Dec 1944
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Now that is a ingenious answer
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"Just a Minute" worthy (my Dad listens to Radio 4 a lot! )
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Ahh, wasn't thinking that way, mind you I'm guessing flutter is to keep it KSS! (Not that I would know, only child etc.)
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How about wishing them a flaming necklace? (Rubber tire around your neck filled with gasoline and then lit)
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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Fill in the groveling boiler plate letter? No.
Write your OWN letter in your OWN words? Yes.
Whether they called you or you called them, it doesn't hurt to write back and it's good practice.
How much time will it take and what would you otherwise do with the time?
If they interviewed other candidates who sent in 'boiler plate' letters and yours is personal, which do you think will be noticed?
Tim
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Umm, Okay, I supposed I was worried that I was going to come across as a grovelling so & so...
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Reading other replies.. I would send a letter to the company you interviewed with.. the recruiter... uhh... no.
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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: I was worried that I was going to come across as a grovelling so & so
You are looking for a job.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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Point to quote your sig Quote: Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
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On a more serious note, don't ever send out something you are not comfortable with.
As others have recommended write a short note in your own words and send it.
And remember once you lose your pride the rest is easy. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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I concur. As having to be the interviewer on more than a few instances at multiple companies, I appreciated receiving a "thank you letter" from the candidates. I ranked those who sent me a personal letter above those who did not bother.
I also appreciated it when the candidate took the time in their letter to expand on a weak verbal answer or to correct what they felt might have been a miscommunication in the face-to-face interview.
You do not have to grovel. Just say "thank you for taking time from your busy day to talk with me" and anything else you might want to clarify.
Good luck --
Jalapeño Bob
Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now.
© 2009, Rex Hammock
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Who asked you to fill it in?
The company where the position is, or a parasite?
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No not the company, The Agent. (Public forum you don't know who's reading!  )
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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: The Agent Reptilian Slime Ball. (Public forum you do n't know who's reading! )
ftfy
veni bibi saltavi
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Then I can only agree with the others.
If it had been a request by a future employer I would have given you a different answer.
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