A Great Example of a Cover Letter

 

Funny thing happened today.  I got a ridiculous number of - frankly - horrible cover letters this morning.  I was starting to wonder if I’d fallen into some weird nexus of bad grammer and poor decision making, when I received the letter below - so well written that I knew I was going to talk to this person if they were even _remotely_ qualified for the role.  It’s clearly written for the position being applied for, it’s personable - but not too much, no typos - I could go on, but instead I’ll let it speak for itself (with the permission from the author - they just asked that I use the name “Max Power” in place of their real name):

Hi,

I saw your posting on craigslist for the QA Engineer position so I’m submitting my resume for review. I have some experience in QA although it’s been a few years since I’ve actually had “QA” in my job description. But despite that, I feel that it applies to nearly every position that I’ve held.  

I’m currently a Web Developer and I get to build online courses in over ten languages, which is pretty interesting and it requires attention to detail. Dealing with several pages of text in Thai can get a bit confusing so it’s easy to overlook small details like shifting an image two pixels to the right. After doing this for awhile I started to wonder if maybe I’m becoming too picky about the details. Or maybe I should find an outlet to express my nitpicking tendencies. Such as when I was a Test Developer many moons ago and I was encouraged to look for problems, no matter how small. I really enjoyed being able to use one of my strengths and to help improve an already great product. Now, seeing this job posting, I think it’s a great opportunity to get back into something that I enjoyed doing and that I was good at.  

I think that I can help ZoomInfo because I’m detail-oriented, a quick learner and I have the mind-set. Although I may not have the years of necessary experience, I’m hopeful that you’ll give me a chance. One of the best things about my career has been that I’ve always had the opportunity to do the job because people were willing to give me a chance and I hate to disappoint. I’ve attached my resume as a text file so please take a look at it. I hope that I can speak with someone a little more about the position and the company. If so I’ll try to bring some interesting stories - like how I scored four touch downs in one game.  

Thanks for your time and I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

Max Power 

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