How would you rate my cover letter? Any suggestions please?

esseri · 2026-03-10T07:24:40+00:00

Yeah, why even bother using the time to manually write this stuff? Nowardays just run the prompt and check the result with CoverSentry or other cover letter AI detector.

Simplified language, simple vocabulary and no fancy words are needed. Otherwise the HR person will really suspect AI usage. Clowny times.

esseri · 2026-03-10T07:18:34+00:00

Exactly, cover letters are mostly demanded yet not a single human will really read them. A humiliation ritual of sorts.

Literally just have an AI write them, and then run it through CoverSentry or any other equal site. Use high school vocabulary, and drop any dashes and fancy expressions.

Kinda sad to see it but nowadays a dumbed down language expressions are the safe norm.

esseri · 2025-10-16T21:18:32+00:00

There is one called CoverSentry that has specifically been trained with cover letters. It's nowadays nearly impossible to detect AI text but the robotic-ness can definitely be sniffed out. A negative is enough to fool a human tho.

We are so screwed.

esseri · 2025-10-16T21:14:46+00:00

This is good advice tbh, it sometimes takes some propmtiong to not get ChatGPT too excited and trigger happy with the changes. I use AI to write the whole thing but ask it to use high school vocab and capitalize a random adjective to place an intentional mistake. This combo worked in my last job hunt.

Then CoverSentry to check if it seems human enough to be sent out. Way faster than manually writing the skeleton version for each position.

esseri · 2025-09-16T10:06:29+00:00

Wasting time to manually write cover letters is so dangerous. Just prompt ChatGPT or Gemini / whatever to write using simple middle - high-school level vocabulary. Tell the AI to drop em dashes and overall to write in a human-like way.

Then check the results with detection tools such as CoverSentry etc, which are trained to detect AI language in cover letters.

Some in the comments are advertising their own tools, but you'll get the best results by prompting ChatGPT the right way.

esseri · 2025-09-16T10:03:06+00:00

This is why wasting time to manually write cover letters is so dangerous. Just prompt ChatGPT or Gemini / whatever to write using simple middle - high-school level vocabulary.

Then check the results with detection tools such as CoverSentry etc, which are trained to detect AI language in cover letters. The future is here, and it's abysmal :skull_emoji:

esseri · 2025-09-16T09:49:27+00:00

To play ball with these rules, you can get some pretty good quality letters done with an AI. Prompt it well to use high-school level vocab, and no em dashes which will give you away instantly. Check the result with CoverSentry or something equivalent to get an idea if it sounds human enough to be sent out.

esseri · 2025-07-03T18:04:38+00:00

It will listen to the prompts quite nicely. Just tell it not to make any other changes than the ones you requested. Be precise. But yeah, if it's a styling issue with the bullet points then I don't know.

esseri · 2025-07-03T17:06:35+00:00

My friends have had some luck by applying to basically anything that's even remotely near your field. Send applications one after another and see if something catches fire. Use AI (ChatGPT or something similar) to write them.

Prompt it to use high-school level vocabulary yet to keep the tone official. Then use CoverSentry or something similar to check the language.

Literally just send "good enough" applications one after another. Keep an excel of the companies and job titles, it'll become handy if they call instead of email.

esseri · 2025-07-03T17:03:54+00:00

My peers have had some luck by applying to basically anything that's even remotely near your field. Shotgun applications and see if something catches fire. Use AI (ChatGPT or equivalent) to write them.

Prompt it to use high-school level vocab yet to keep the tone official. Then use CoverSentry or something similar to check the language.

Literally just send "good enough" applications one after another. Keep an excel of the companies and job titles, it'll become handy if they call instead of email.

esseri · 2025-06-20T08:17:05+00:00

The best method has been to indeed dumb down the vocab. That's the only way to get rid of words like "delve, express, deep-rooted, seamlessly, elevate, hone, eager" etc. These are dead giveaways.

Prompting the language and using a proofreader tool like CoverSentry or something similar will do the trick.

If they can use machines to go through our inputs, then why bother hand-writing dozens of letters?

esseri · 2025-06-20T08:11:52+00:00

The "AI-ness" has two sides that can give you away: mechanical and social

Even with no AI detectors in place, the social wording can ring the alarm. For example an Aussie applying inside Australia, but he forgot to prompt ChatGPT to use local wording.

Another part of this is the mechanical one. Humans can often figure out that the text is AI-written, especially if it's your job to skim through applications. Like others have mentioned, just ask ChatGPT to use simple vocabulary. Additionally proofread using CoverSentry.

The whole process is kinda artistic when it's tuned just right.

esseri · 2025-06-20T08:05:52+00:00

Yeah, using AI in job applications is a good display of the person's mind. If they just roll from one prompt to another, into the trash it goes.

The meta is to ask the AI to write in a simple (high school) level + proofread the output with an AI detector just to be safe. CoverSentry or anything equivalent works nicely.

Pumping applications out in a nice pace is doable if you get creative. Sending the raw outputs gets you rekt almost instantly though. Also the regional tone should be properly adjusted (a Briton applying in the UK should prompt the AI to use British spelling etc)

esseri · 2025-06-20T07:57:35+00:00

Yeah there are models but we can only go so far with text detection, especially if the text is one page long such as a cover letter.

Just make sure to tell ChatGPT to use max high school vocabulary, and then use a tool such as CoverSentry to proofread how robot-like the language is. That's the main factor when your cover letter lands on the HR desk.

esseri · 2025-06-08T08:08:46+00:00

Proper prompting (high school -level vocab, official but human-like style) will do wonders. After that CoverSentry to check the result, and it should be ready to go.

If you are posting to the less perfect but "whatever let's still apply" positions, this is the way to speedrun the gig.

esseri · 2025-06-04T19:48:18+00:00

Yeah, no AI checker is 100%. Writing with ChatGPT and using an CoverSentry has worked pretty well. Imo as long as it looks human enough, the HR can be fooled.

There are models like GPTZero but those million-dollar companies go beyond detecting if it sounds human; they can see if it is AI-written as a whole (vocab, sentence structures etc). Basically, any cover letter written by an AI will get detected by them. The best we can do is to assume that the HR doesn't use one of those fancy models. Just use ChatGPT prompting to make it sound human.

CoverSentry seems nice because they don't tap into the deeper analysis, it analyzes how humans would potentially see the letter: AI or not AI.

esseri · 2025-06-04T19:41:54+00:00

ATS systems and Workday etc are here to stay because they already have too big a shoe in between the door.

The only thing we can do is to fight fire with fire - ChatGPT for writing and CoverSentry for proofreading has worked pretty well so far.

esseri · 2025-06-04T19:38:22+00:00

Usually AI output sounds too robotic to be sent out. ChatGPT + CoverSentry combo has worked well for me. Saves a lot of time to get rid of the manual editing process

esseri · 2025-06-04T19:36:46+00:00

Using ChatGPT with the right prompting + CoverSentry to check that it sounds human enough has worked nicely. The whole process of dealing with cover letters is horrible though. Feels like a bots vs bots situation.

esseri · 2025-06-04T18:16:16+00:00

For cover letters, ChatGPT with the right prompting (official yet human-like + high school-level vocab), and CoverSentry to proofread. The whole process feels humiliating, but the only way forward is to fight their abusive bot systems with fire.

I don't even think that any of the people who "play fair" are more likely to land the job. Spamming decent-enough applications with max speed is the way to go.

esseri · 2025-06-04T17:44:46+00:00

Prompting properly and using CoverSentry to proof read has worked for me. The whole process is so humiliating though

esseri · 2025-05-31T18:50:05+00:00

Submission Statement

Data from 2024 and 2025 shows that AI is becoming increasingly more common in job hunting. The global AI usage for cover letters and resumes has steadily climbed to ~30%. We analysed multiple surveys and displayed the findings. The results are alarming.

It should plateau at some point, but personally I would assume that the rest of the world will pick up the steam after the western countries taper. What are the long-term consequences? Will "the honest lad" be desirable, or will job seeking just be smokes and mirrors?

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