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> Ask for a cover letter explaining why you are a fit for the job How does this help anything. Plenty of these out there which the applicant can attached to t
by slyall 11y ago
> Ask for a cover letter explaining why you are a fit for the job
How does this help anything. Plenty of these out there which the applicant can attached to the application.
"I am very enthusiastic to leverage my [INSERT HERE] skills to help [COMPANY] transform the [WHATEVER] industry "
- raverbashing 11y agoThis 99% of cover letters will just be, self-importance exaggeration, prospective employer excessive praise, etc.
- tomjen3 11y agoAnd resumes are not? I am a decent programmer but not exceptional, but when you read my resume you will see that I am a child prodigy - and that is done without any lying at all just selective highlighting facts.
- vonmoltke 11y agoMine isn't. Maybe that's my problem. :P
- hodwik 11y agoThat's your problem.
- raverbashing 11y agoI'd say there's a bit of Dunning-Kruger effect Some people will describe their work as "Built an application from scratch that filters numbers based on mathematical properties while also generating said list of numbers based on stakeholders specification" (This is FizzBuzz btw) They put on paper everything the recruiter wants to hear, they recognize no weakness on themselves, they "accept all challenges", etc