I wish we could live in a world where bullshit-ridden cover letters aren’t important. Because, truly, they aren’t. They exist to sing great praises about how amazing the company the applicant is applying for is, yet the applicant probably know next to nothing about it save for what was posted on the job board, and to exercise tremendous self-praise because who loves a humble person who can do the job well but doesn’t shout from rooftops that they’re a fucking ninja coder and he slashes and slashes till bugs tremble at their feet.
Sorry, it’s early, and no I haven’t had coffee but sometimes my brain vomits fairly shrilly.
Cut the bullshit: the applicant found your company through a job board website and they’re trying their luck with you. In most situations, it’s up to you, the company, to pique their interest and wow them during the interview, because they’ve applied to a hundred different companies in the last 3 months because they need to pay rent and food, and they probably don’t remember dick about yours except that it matches the skills and experience they’re capable of applying to make your company successful.
Never understood why a résumé wasn’t enough. Some of us are humble but more than capable and think our résumé speaks loud and clear about what we can and cannot do.
