I agree with you, but people have strong opinions on this on HN. See past discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15934135 https://news.ycombinator.co

I agree with you, but people have strong opinions on this on HN. See past discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15934135 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15934135 I wish I could find the golden comment of an HN user realizing that he has used cover letters to exclude candidates, but he can't do that for those who didn't supply one - putting the latter at an advantage.