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    Kid Sends Perfectly Blunt Cover Letter for Wall Street Internship, and Now Tons of People Are Trying to Hire Him

    Sometimes we get forwarded applications for summer internships on Wall Street that are extremely embarrassing because the applicant is totally full of themselves or completely clueless.

    What happens is the letters go viral and the Street passes them around in long email chains blasting the applicant. They're always funny, but a little bit sad.

    That's exactly what we thought was going to happen today when we received this one in our inbox.  It turns that the cover letter originally sent to a boutique investment bank is exactly the opposite.

    The cover letter below is unapologetically honest and people on Wall Street are calling it one of the best letters they have seen.  Everyone on the thread agrees the letter shows energy and pluck and honesty.

    First, here's the letter...

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    And now here are some of the responses on a long thread...

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    2,117 comments

    • thomas  •  10 hours ago
      How much do you want to bet that this will create a firestorm of "blunt" cover letters in the coming months?
      • moondog 5 hours ago
        u said fluff
    • Vosknocker  •  10 hours ago
      In two years all cover letters will be like this and employers will be tossing them in the trash.
    • Peyton  •  9 hours ago
      It's funny that all these guys loved the letter, yet didn't realize it's their fault that the letter even had to be written. If only they hadn't been falling for trumped up resumes and bogus cover letters for years.
    • Zeddicus  •  10 hours ago
      Honesty and willingness to work hard. Both are rare traits in today's business and political worlds.
    • First L  •  9 hours ago
      Reminds me of an old movie quote.

      Private Joker is silly and he's ignorant, but he's got guts and guts is enough.
    • Reddogmax  •  10 hours ago
      It seems no one told this kid he was special and everyone would love him and once he went to college he would get a job no matter how good he was, and a diploma entitled him to a job. Someone raised him right.
    • Uku  •  10 hours ago
      Keep it real. I like it.
    • MarkyMark  •  10 hours ago
      I guess the confidentiality part was lost along the way somewhere.
    • The Psychotic Libertarian  •  9 hours ago
      I suck too, where are my job offers?
    • Jeff  •  11 hours ago
      Give this kid ten years and we'll all be asking him for a job.

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