Write a Cover Letter That Sounds Like You, Not a Template
You found a job posting that actually excites you.
The Problem
You found a job posting that actually excites you. Now you need a cover letter that does not start with 'I am writing to express my interest in' and does not read like it came out of a 2014 template. The hard part is not writing — it is connecting your specific experience to what this specific company asked for, in a tone that sounds human. Do that 10 times across 10 applications and the whole evening is gone.
How Chapeta Handles This
Give Chapeta the job description and a few bullets about your background. It writes a letter that maps your experience directly to the role requirements, avoids the cliches hiring managers skip over, and sounds like a person wrote it. You review, adjust the voice to match yours, and submit.
How to Write a Cover Letter
3 steps to get it done
- 1
Paste the job description
Copy the full job posting into Chapeta. The more detail it has — responsibilities, qualifications, company values — the more specific the letter will be.
- 2
Add your background
List the relevant parts of your experience. Bullet points are fine. Mention specific accomplishments, not just job titles. If you have a resume file, attach it instead of typing.
- 3
Set the tone
Tell Chapeta how you want it to sound: confident but not arrogant, conversational, formal, direct. Mention if the company culture is casual or traditional. This is what separates a tailored letter from a generic one.
Example
Write a cover letter for this Senior Product Designer role at Figma. Here's the job posting [pasted]. My background: 6 years product design, currently at a B2B SaaS startup, led redesign of onboarding flow that improved activation by 34%, familiar with design systems. Tone: confident, specific, not stiff.
Hi, I have spent the last six years designing products where the user is also the buyer — B2B tools where a confusing onboarding flow means lost revenue, not just a bad review. That is why the Senior Product Designer role at Figma caught my attention. You are building for designers, and designers notice everything. At [Current Company], I led the redesign of our onboarding experience from first login through first value moment. The old flow had seven steps and a 41% completion rate. We cut it to three steps with contextual guidance and hit 55% — a 34% improvement that showed up directly in trial-to-paid conversion. I mention this not because the number is impressive on its own, but because the process behind it — user research, rapid prototyping, close collaboration with engineering on what was actually buildable — is exactly what this role calls for. I have worked with design systems at scale (our component library serves four product surfaces) and I understand the tension between consistency and flexibility that Figma's own users live with daily. I would love to talk about how my experience maps to what your team is building. I am available for a conversation whenever works. Best, [Your name]
Without Chapeta
Open a blank document. Stare at it. Write an opening line. Delete it. Google 'cover letter examples 2026.' Find one that is close enough. Adapt it. Realize it sounds generic. Try to weave in a specific accomplishment. Rewrite the closing. Proofread. Repeat for each application. Budget 30-45 minutes per letter if you want it to be good.
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