Every time we open a new role at Treet, we’re flooded with immaculate, 10-paragraph cover letters that all sound the same. It’s clear what these applicants are doing: They copy and paste the job description into ChatGPT along with their LinkedIn profile and say, “Write a compelling cover letter that matches my experience to what this company is looking for.”
I understand the allure: If you leverage AI to craft the perfect message, weaving your experience into the fabric of the job description, you’re sure to get the job, right? Wrong.
Instead of convincing employers that you’re the perfect fit, you’re demonstrating to them that you take the easy way out and don’t care enough to make it look like you wrote the message. In fact, I’d much rather receive a cover letter full of typos than these monstrosities that are all too easy to spot.
In fact, even one of the largest AI companies, Anthropic, discourages candidates from using AI in the interview process.
“We want to understand your personal interest in Anthropic without mediation through an AI system, and we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills,” the company told prospective applicants in a press release earlier this year.
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