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Re:What I learned from doing over 60 technical interviews in... by bananaface on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:54AM (#24019764)
I misspoke - I meant to say a generic cover letter. No cover letter full stop is stupid.
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Re:What I learned from doing over 60 technical interviews in... by bryanrasmussen on Saturday August 01, 2020 @09:27AM (#24020276)
ok but in the post of mine your replied to I specified I used a cover letter template - i.e a generic cover letter.
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Re:What I learned from doing over 60 technical interviews in... by bananaface on Saturday August 01, 2020 @09:38AM (#24020344)
Right, but you rewrote it. I'm saying totally copy-pasted content is still unlikely to move you from "good candidate" to "no interview".
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