Answers to the Main Questions / Write a cover letter
How do you start a cover letter?
InsightGuidanceAI amplification
Insight
Name the role and one specific fact about the work (not “I am excited to apply”). The second sentence should be the capability you are offering. Do not open with your name or “I am writing to apply.”
Guidance
- Steal one concrete detail from the posting or from public information you actually read.
- Connect it to one thing you have done — only if that thing is in your notes.
- Rewrite until the first two sentences could stand without the rest of the letter.
AI amplification
Optional. Copy this into ChatGPT or a similar tool if you want a first draft. Replace the [PASTE] sections with your own material. The work stays in that tool; we do not save it here.
Prompt to copy
Rules: Do not invent employers, job titles, dates, metrics, team sizes, or outcomes. If something is missing, ask me or write [unknown]. Keep hedges such as "approximately" and "more than" exactly as I stated them. Never turn a qualitative result into a number. Rewrite only the first two sentences of this letter. Name the role, one specific fact about the work, and the capability I am offering. No “I am writing to apply.” No excitement filler. Current opening (or notes): [PASTE] Posting: [PASTE]