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Cover letter for a familiar firm

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:33 pm

I suppose this might be a stupid question, but my number one bid is a firm that I've worked very closely with before. I know the partners that are interviewing very well, as well as the person that is receiving the resumes and cover letters. Most cover letters I've seen tell the interviewer: why I applied to the firm, how I heard about it, contact info., ect. Since the partners and HR people that will see my OCI packet know damn well why I'm applying, should I keep to the typical format? Or how do you think I should write it?

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Re: Cover letter for a familiar firm

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:38 pm

OP here, I'm looking at a big firm relative to a secondary market (around 250 lawyers)

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