How to send a interview reminder to recruiter?

Question

I had recently met a company HR staff at a career fair that was very interested in hiring me and had taken down my contact details. They said that they will call or send me an email to arrange for an interview within 3 working days. But it's been 5 days and I still haven't heard from them.

So I am thinking to send an email to their HR department to inquire/remind on the interview. And there is a problem, I only know the pronunciation of the lady's name who had spoken to me at the fair, don't even know its spelling. Wondering how can i write it politely.

Answer 1

You mention that the mail will be sent to HR department, rather than the individual recruiter, therefore you should not need to know its name, you could address them something like:

To whom it may concern:

Greetings. I was recently approached by one of your recruiters at «that job fair». We were both interested in the prospect of each other and discussed about arranging an interview. If you are ok with this please feel free to reply so we can further arrange that meeting.

Sincerely, «your name»

Edit: If you are sure her name was Ginny you could modify the email like this:

I was recently approached by one of your recruiters, «Ms. or Mrs.» Ginny if I recall correctly, at «that job fair»...

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In that case I would also attach my Resume and any other relevant information. If you were given a business presentation card (which I doubt from what you say) you could also add that as a "proof" that you were indeed approached by the recruiter.

Future suggestion: Try to always give and receive business cards (or other things like LinkedIn) as you never know when they will be handy.

Answer 2

It's okay to write in your email that you don't know how to spell the person's name you briefly met at a fair. I would just acknowledge you aren't positive of the spelling since you never exchanged business cards. Trust me, nobody will remember that.