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Old 26-08-2014, 09:20 PM
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I beg to differ. If there are two good candidates, these two will be called for interviews. In the case after interviewing, there are two remaining good candidates, the hiring manager and dept manager assesses each candidates' interview with a point/grade system to choose pick one. Your cover letter is invisible. No one reads cover letters.
that's because you already found they are already good candidates - a cover letter doesnt matter much. when you have shortlisted 10-50 good candidates, the one without cover letter is basically labelled as lazy and insincere.
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