Kiss of Death?
I submitted an application online for a investment banking analyst position for a BOUTIQUE firm. I made a great cover letter tailored to their firm. I made what could be a fatal error at the very bottom of my cover letter. I wrote:
"A copy of my resume is enclosed for your reference. I welcome the opportunity to discuss my qualifications with you and learn more about XYZ firm at your earliest convenicnce. I can be reached at abc or via email at abc. Thank you very much for your time and consideration."
I spelled the "convenience" wrong. I have the persons contact info and email address. Should I call and explain this to them? Or should I send an email? Or should I just just hold my breath and hope for the best?
Let me know. I feel like the biggest douche ever right now.
They probably won't even notice it. If you point it out, there's a 100% chance they will notice it.
Didn't notice til you pointed it out. With M&I providing a sample cover letter, 99% of cover letters finish the exact same so I doubt people seriously read the ending very carefully.
I pretty much noticed it after reading it 100 times. Let's hope it gets passed their eye.
didn't notice it, although admittedly, i thought your mistake was leaving firm abc in xyz, which would have been pretty funny.
definitely don't email to "explain"...that would show worse judgement imo.
Good luck getting a job in finance now, I can't wait to read about this on Business Insider during my morning shit.
lmfao good one
As long as you didn't explicitly write down "Attention to details" anywhere else.
I read a post on this site once that said someone got an interview at Citigroup even though they accidentally spelled it Citygroup....don't bring up your mistake, and hopefully you get an interview.
I'd love to see that.
Odds they even read your cover letter are less than 50/50. Relax, you're totally fine
everyone check all the cover letters you get from now on to see if you can spot the guy who spelled convenience that way.
I noticed the typo the first time, but there's a good chance they don't notice it. When I skim my eyes track to big words.
It's a cover letter written by a college student. Nobody reads them anyways.
60% odds they miss it. 40% odds they spot it. If it's S&T and they notice, >60% chance it doesn't hurt you very seriously. I can't speak to IBD. I'd imagine it would hurt more in IBD.
What I do know is that these guys get a lot of applications for every opening. So the worst case is that your resume- and cover letter- gets "forgotten". As in you never applied there.
Irony of ironies, you would probably have hurt yourself a lot more for FT recruiting with this firm if you had gotten picked for a first round, done amazingly well, and then done badly in the final round interview. In this case, nobody remembers you.
But relax. That's not where we are yet.
FWIW, I've worked in industry for five years and last year wrote a cover letter calling a Mr. Golden a Mr. Gold. It's ok. Try to avoid this mistake in 95% of cover letters, but don't beat yourself up about it.
At this point I'm just hoping they skim through it as they usually would. I'm just hoping for the best at this point.
Typos won't be forgiven due to your apology, because there is no change to make remedy under real business. So bet on their neglection or tolerence, and do not mention about it.
Ethics is drawing attention to a potential material problem you have created for others, that others would not otherwise be aware of.
Stupidity is drawing attention to an immaterial mistake that doesn't affect others and that others would not otherwise be aware of.*
*: Please stick to a conservative interpretation of this, especially with stochastic outcomes. If you make a mistake that has a 10% chance of seriously injuring someone or bankrupting a company, that's not immaterial. But a typo, short of misspelling a CEO's name in a pitchbook, is at the other end of the spectrum.
Right.
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