Here's what being going on with this. i've heard from a lot of recruiters that they don't even read / ask for cover letters anymore -- except as a way to determine if job seekers actually read the job description / instructions.
that said, when they do read them, they're looking for an idea as to why you want to work there & why you'd be a good fit. Interesting how that fits with Q1 & 2 - hunh? kind of proves my point that people are scared off by the idea of writing a letter -- but that the information contained within is still quite valuable / necessary to understand & screen candidates.
So.
good news: some of the features in this hack will make it into our new application process when Devpost Jobs comes out of beta.
bad news: video & the portfolio stuff are out (hopefully we'll add them back in - i think they'll put this over the top).
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