Cover Letters, Done Right
A generic cover letter reads like everyone else's. Kazifi writes one that fits the specific job and sounds like a real person, in minutes. Start free.
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I've spent the last two years building tools I actually wanted to exist, including a campus carpool app with 1,400 active riders...
What pulls me in: the team's focus on multiplayer-first interaction patterns. I built a prototype this summer...
Thanks for reading,
John
What you get
How it works
What an AI cover letter generator is good at
An AI cover letter generator is best at the blank page. Turning your resume and a job posting into a structured first draft removes the part most people stall on, which is the opening line.
It is unreliable at the part that decides whether the letter works: the specific reason you are writing to this employer. That has to come from you, because the model has not read the posting the way you have.
Do you still need a cover letter
Honestly, not always. Many applications never have one read, particularly high-volume roles filtered on requirements.
It matters in three situations, and it matters a lot: when you are changing field and the resume does not explain itself, when you are underqualified on paper but genuinely capable, and when the posting asks for one. In those cases the letter is doing work no resume can.
The structure that works
Four paragraphs, and it fits on one page comfortably:
- The hook. Why this role, referencing something specific from the posting.
- The evidence. One thing you did that maps to their problem, with the outcome.
- The bridge. What transfers, especially if your background is not a literal match.
- The close. A direct, unapologetic statement of interest and availability.
The tell is genericness, not grammar
People worry that a generated letter is detectable by its prose. Occasionally, but the reliable tell is that it does not answer the specific thing asked.
A letter describing your general strengths where the advert described a particular problem reads as generic no matter who wrote it. Name something only a person who read this posting could name, and the question of who drafted it stops mattering.
Length, and what to cut
Between 250 and 400 words for most roles. Under 150 reads as indifference, over 500 does not get finished.
The first things to cut are the paragraph restating your resume, the sentence about being passionate, and any line beginning I believe I would be a great fit. None of them add information a reader can act on.
Common questions
No. Kazifi writes to the specific company and role, in the tone you pick.
Yes. It pulls from your resume so the story stays consistent.
Between 250 and 400 words for most roles. Under 150 reads as indifference; over 500 rarely gets finished.
With the specific reason you are writing to this employer, drawn from the posting. Skip I am writing to apply for, which spends your strongest line saying nothing.
A direct statement of interest and availability, then a plain sign-off. No apologising for their time and no hedging about whether you are suitable.
Not always, and many are never read. It matters when you are changing field, when you look underqualified on paper, or when the posting asks for one.
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