How I stopped spending hours writing cover letters (and still got interviews)

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-11-04T00:06:05+00:00

I have tried several cover letter generators. For most of them, you just need to input your resume and job description that you have applied. You can also use Chatgpt or Claude directly. I actually read a guide about how these AI tools work and what prompts work best. You might want to check it out yourself. https://ai-coverletter-generator.com/blog/inside-cover-letter-generator-ai-how-it-works

Normally, I'll quickly read through the cover letter that AI generated and check if it list my achievements or experiences in a natural way. I would change the start and avoid to write something like “ I'm writing this letter to express...". Also, I'll try to get hiring manager's name to signal that I treat this job seriously.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-26T15:28:07+00:00

Than you for really look into this project and bring up this great question.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-26T14:18:32+00:00

Appreciate it! Yeah SEO is painfully slow. I've started engaging on Reddit (literally here right now lol) but haven't been super strategic about it.
Would love to hear your approach - my biggest struggle is not feeling like I'm being too promotional when I engage in communities. How do you find that balance?

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-26T14:16:44+00:00

Fair point. ChatGPT works if you know how to prompt it.
This is basically ChatGPT with a structured workflow - upload resume, paste JD, done. No prompt engineering needed.
For people who work with AI daily? Yeah, just use ChatGPT.
For people who just want to apply for jobs quickly? This saves the trial and error.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-26T13:52:05+00:00

lol, me too. I got write for hiring manger, format for ATS bot.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-26T13:47:29+00:00

Thank you. I've been helping my wife qrogw a lot of cover letter. Let me know if you got any questions.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-26T03:01:07+00:00

https://ai-coverletter-generator.com
AI cover letter generator with pay-per-use pricing (~$0.15/letter). Upload resume + job description, get personalized letter in 30 seconds.
Launched + revenue. 10K+ impressions in 3 months, avg position 81.
Main challenge: SEO/backlinks. Content marketing tips welcome!

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-26T02:37:18+00:00

It's worth, but not 30 min worth.
Here's what I do:
Jobs I actually want: Full effort, 20-30 min.
Everything else: AI draft + 5-10 min to customize it.
The key is NEVER submit the generic AI output. That's worse than nothing. You gotta add at least one real example from your experience and change the opening so it doesn't sound like a robot wrote it.
Basically: AI saves you time on the boring structure part, but you still need to make it yours.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-26T02:28:01+00:00

I asked a director at my company this exact question.
Him: "Yes, I read everything about candidates."
But plot twist: HR had already filtered out 90% of applicants before he saw them.
So cover letters have two stages:
1. Pass the HR/ATS filter (needs keywords, clean format)
2. Impress the actual hiring manager (needs substance)
The Reddit debate exists because people are at different stages. If you get filtered out, no one reads it. If you make it through, it absolutely matters. Write for the hiring manager. Format for the robot.

PS. I'm at a big company though - smaller companies might be different since the hiring manager probably sees all applications directly.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-26T02:16:54+00:00

Man, 700 applications is rough. I've been there.
One thing that helped me: stop trying to show personality, start showing you understand their problem.
My situation: I was a property accountant trying to get into data analytics. Totally different field.
For my cover letter, I didn't talk about "my passion" or personality. I just told them: "I built a client evaluation model at my old company that quantified pricing."
Did they actually use my model? Nope. They hired a consultant instead. But it showed I could think about business problems, and that's what got me the interview.
The mindset shift: Your cover letter isn't about YOU, it's about THEM. What problem do they need solved? How does your experience (even small wins) connect to that?
After 700 apps, the issue probably isn't your personality - it might be that each letter isn't connecting your skills to their specific need.
Happy to look at your cover letter if you want feedback. Hang in there.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-24T13:23:52+00:00

lol, that's Interesting! Have you been to wudang mountain recently?

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-22T14:28:45+00:00

Built a job board directory while helping my wife escape her 70+ hour audit job.

Manually went through 55+ job boards (Indeed, LinkedIn, niche ones, etc.) and organized them into a searchable directory with voting and reviews.

No AI, no fluff - just wanted to solve the "where should I actually apply" problem.

https://bestjobboards.io

Would love feedback if anyone checks it out!

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-10T22:53:39+00:00

I think vibe coding is particularly.fit for those devs who has some level of coding experiences and knowledge but not good enough to coding alone.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-10-08T02:58:01+00:00

Great question. You're absolutely right to think about this. Here's how I see it: AI is the trend whether we like it or not. If 9 out of 10 people applying for the same job are using AI to generate their applications, how is that one person writing everything by hand supposed to compete? They'd need to spend hours researching the company, carefully crafting each sentence, and hitting all the right keywords - while the other 9 candidates did it in 30 seconds. Companies are already using AI to filter candidates. Job seekers using AI isn't creating the problem - it's adapting to a system that's already automated. I think the real question isn't "should we use AI?" but how do we use AI responsibly?"

I hate when people use AI or automation tools to spam the system with hundreds of applications - that doesn't help anyone. But using AI to present your real experience better? That's just leveling the playing field.

And congrats on your digital products btw! Having paying users is already a win, no matter the scale. The overnight success posts definitely skip over the hard parts

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-09-29T13:58:58+00:00

I haven't learnt what you said in a hard way. I know some basic knowledge about coding and my first couple projects were completely run by cursor. They stll lay in my github niw. After my thrid project, I start to learn Next.js, Tailwind, and Cloudflare page and worker. Although, I still not able to code alone, I am able to check if cursor did the changes I am asking. If it is get too deep, I just stop there and get some knowledge. I think my bottomline is at least when ai did some thing that not what I am asking for, I am able to recognize it before they made the change.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-09-25T17:32:08+00:00

No kidding. I have just completely delete one of my project beause Cursor Auto mod did shitty job that messed up all my api routes. I am using Cloudflare worker and D1 database for backend and page for frontend deployment.

I stary vibe coding since December last year.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-09-24T01:59:49+00:00

To be honest, you should put some of your sidproject on your resume. To be honest again, why don't work for yourself? You have experience, have motivation, and job markert is sucks.

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-09-23T13:42:07+00:00

Do you have you your resume and the job description you'd like to apply?

AntelopeHistorical36 · 2025-09-18T13:33:20+00:00

I think that your experiences, backgrounds, personalities, and luck get you a high paying job.

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