Kid Sends Perfectly Blunt Cover Letter for Wall Street Internship

[wareagle93]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/kid-se...151518002.html

Thought people would enjoy this.

[FSUZeta]

I loved it and really appreciated that the office emails were included. i hope the kid got his chance.

Good to see you on GC wareagle93. Hope all is well with you!

[honeychile]

He says that he has no exceptional social skills, but he managed not to cross that terribly thin line between cocky and conceited. He's well worth the hire!

[Splash]

I didn't think it was that witty or original.

I've seen funnier "confident" intro letters.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Splash

I didn't think it was that witty or original.

I've seen funnier "confident" intro letters.

Ditto. Nothing about this really stood out to me. He threw in a joke about shining shoes and getting coffee, but other than that, I'm not seeing a lot of "out-of-the-box thinking." It's not like he needs to rely on his creativity, either.. he seems to have a lot going for him. With this letter, he might have put himself slightly ahead of other graduates with his same credentials... but that's about it.

[StealthMode]

That was cute but I find it funny how this "kid" is about to graduate college and start graduate school. And by funny, I mean "why are they calling him that?"

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by honeychile

He says that he has no exceptional social skills . . . .

He said no "unbelievably special skills or genius eccentricities."

I agree with some others that the letter didn't particularly wow me in terms of humor, creativity or blunt honesty. I'd probably want to talk to him (despite his use and misspelling of the word "crapp" in a business letter) because he sounds like a good intern candidate, but the statements in the emails that the letter was "amazing" or "the best cover letter I've ever received" just tells me they're used to really boring, canned letters.

[dreamseeker]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

He said no "unbelievably special skills or genius eccentricities."

I agree with some others that the letter didn't particularly wow me in terms of humor, creativity or blunt honesty. I'd probably want to talk to him (despite his use and misspelling of the word "crapp" in a business letter) because he sounds like a good intern candidate, but the statements in the emails that the letter was "amazing" or "the best cover letter I've ever received" just tells me they're used to really boring, canned letters.

Agreed. I also think that maybe they liked it because he already knows what he's getting into and is fine with it. He's not deluded with ideas of solving a million dollar problem or becoming an intern superstar, he's humble and ready to learn from the pros.

"Crapp" seemed like a link to a url, so maybe that's why?

[BlueOwl]

I like it! He/She is representative of the vast majority of college students. There is so much pressure on young people starting early in high school to make every vacation, free moment count for something. By the end of high school the "top students" are viewed as the ones with perfect grades and a full resume of amazing accomplishments! By the time they graduate college the perceived top students are expected to have completed at minimum a few challenging internships along with showing campus involvement. I dunno, it's all so amped up and there is so much pressure. I am the parent of college aged and recent grad kids. It is so competitive!!

Back to the letter...Yes, I would hire that young person (for an entry level gopher type job--let him get his feet wet)! I bet he would work out just fine.

[honeychile]

I would imagine that Wall Street seems to get a lot more of the boring, staid cover letters than say, Madison Avenue. Just saying.

[33girl]

I didn't find this funny at all. More boot licking. Bernie Madoff references would have made it funny.