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pendell
2013-01-16, 04:29 PM
Exhibit A (http://www.businessinsider.com/student-sends-great-cover-letter-for-internship-at-bank-and-its-now-going-viral-on-wall-street-2013-1?fb_action_ids=944528824530&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%22944528824530%22%3A18024450 8766481%7D&action_type_map=%7B%22944528824530%22%3A%22og.reco mmends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D)

Put here for the use of anyone doing some job-searching. The lessons seems to be:

1) Be professional.
2) Sound like a human being, not a buzzspeak-generating robot.
3) Neither puff up yourself too much ("Future supreme court justice seeking employment at your firm" ) but sell real accomplishments ("near-perfect GPA").


Respectfully,

Brian P.

snoopy13a
2013-01-16, 04:54 PM
I would have dinged him for misspelling "crap."

Now here's a cover letter (it circled around last year):

http://gawker.com/5883684/the-awful-cover-letter-all-of-wall-street-is-laughing-about