[friendlyHornet]

> To me, a good cover letter is about being actually motivated to apply to a specific job and then simply explaining why.

Money. I want money. That's the reason I am applying to your job offer. I found a job offer that meets my skillset and I applied to it because I want an income.

But this isn't what you expect me to write, is it? You want something more, so I'm going to bullshit you so I can get the job that will allow me to get money

[yakshaving_jgt]

Ok, you want money. That's fine.

But what does the potential employer get out of the deal?

[emerongi]

A diligent employee who gets the job done in an efficient way because they want to get home to enjoy the money they just earned?

[yakshaving_jgt]

Ok. If you can explain in a little more detail how you get the job done and what qualifies your assessment of the relative efficiency, then you probably have the basis of a decent cover letter.

[vlod]

Oh come on, 95% of jobs are CRUDs:

- data is in the database

- get data from the database using ORM solution

- pull stuff from Backend (from Frontend), using REST/Graphql

- display it in a nice way using whatever the du-jour styling solution they picked.

This isn't rocket science. Do I really have to make some BS about why I'm "excited" about this company or industry in the cover letter.

Look at the number of applicants at a linked job posting. It's usually high 3 digit numbers, sometimes 4 digits.

Are they really going to read all this flowery cover letters about how you feel about their company.

[yakshaving_jgt]

Respectfully, I disagree.