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From Basic to Brilliant: Elevating Your Cover Letter Game

1 min readOct 7, 2024

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Donโ€™t put the same level of effort into every cover letter.

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The more you care about a job, the more elements you should include:

๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿญ: ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

Connect back how you have the required qualifications they are looking for in the role โ€” or youโ€™re going to get screened out.

๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ: ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ & ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜

Youโ€™d be surprised how many people are dropping resumes and showing up to interviews with no idea what a product actually does.

๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿฏ: ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ-๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ & ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€

How you have solved similar problems, how you acknowledge the gap, etcโ€ฆ

๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿฐ: ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ

Itโ€™s a high-reward gamble that, more often than not, encourages the cover letter to at least acknowledge you have done more work than almost everyone else.

๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿฑ: ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜

You can include an entire work product that is exemplar of the type of work you will product.

Find the complete guide to acing your cover letter here.

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Aakash Gupta
Aakash Gupta

Written by Aakash Gupta

Helping PMs, product leaders, and product aspirants succeed