3 Reasons Why Your Investment Banking Cover Letter is Making You Look Like a Fool and What to Do About It
“I have read Monkey Business, Liar’s Poker, and When Genius Failed each 3 times and consider them my collective bible. I know I have the eye for perfection and artistic vision to create truly immaculate pitch books. I am a Microsoft Certified in Excel, and I know all the shortcut keys (alt-i then r, that will insert a new row).”
-RE: Lehman Brothers Recruiting, The Leveraged Sellout
(Just ignore the Lehman reference for a moment…)
Despite my claims that “we never read cover letters,” some readers have pointed out that almost all banks require them. And some places might even pay attention to them.
I’ve seen lots of cover letters from customers lately - and nearly all of them suffer from the same problems.
Here’s how to avoid these common mistakes and how to structure your cover letters properly, so you can avoid looking like The Joker.
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