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The instructions at the end of my job postings are pretty clear: use email to send resume and cover letter in PDF or text, in your cover letter describe an inte
by dsr_ 9y ago
The instructions at the end of my job postings are pretty clear: use email to send resume and cover letter in PDF or text, in your cover letter describe an interesting technical problem that you solved.
The cover letter is a writing sample: I want to see how well you communicate in written English with a presumably limited time budget. Lots of documentation gets written that way; it's directly relevant. Deeper than that, what people think is interesting - or technical - is a clue as to their overall technical depth.
Getting the resume in .docx means that they aren't so great at details.
- gingerlime 9y agoI'd +1000 this if I could! > Getting the resume in .docx means that they aren't so great at details. :) I also discovered this to be true even when we didn't require the resume to be PDF formatted on the ad. And a fantastic point about testing your writing skills as early as the initial email (and with a limited time for each job application, but fairly high stakes). Couldn't agree more.