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Cover letters written with AI tools have gotten common enough that recruiters are starting to recognize the patterns.
Not because using AI is inherently wrong, but because the output often carries the same generic fingerprints, no matter what job it's for.
What Tends to Get Flagged
Certain words show up constantly
"Delve," "leverage," "robust," "seamlessly," "furthermore." None of these are wrong on their own, but a letter stacked with several of them in a row reads as generated rather than written.
Sentences that all follow the same rhythm
AI-generated text often defaults to a similar sentence length and structure throughout, which creates a subtly repetitive, flattened tone a human writer rarely produces naturally.
Generic enthusiasm with no specific detail
"I am incredibly excited about the opportunity to contribute to your innovative team" could be pasted into any application for any company. Nothing in it is actually specific to the role.
A structure that feels templated
Opening restating the job title, a middle paragraph listing qualifications, a closing about being a "great fit," with nothing distinctive connecting any of it to the actual posting.
It's Not About Avoiding AI Entirely
Using AI to help draft or organize your thoughts isn't the problem. Submitting the raw output with no real editing is.
The fix isn't writing every word from scratch. It's making sure the final version sounds like you, and references something specific enough that it couldn't have been generated for any other application.
How to Fix a Generic-Sounding Draft
Read it out loud
If it doesn't sound like something you'd actually say, rewrite that section in your own words.
Add one detail that couldn't apply anywhere else
A specific project, a real number, a genuine reason tied to this particular company, something a generic version of the letter simply couldn't include.
Cut the generic enthusiasm lines entirely
"I am thrilled and honored" rarely adds anything. Replace it with a concrete reason you're interested, or cut it.
Vary your sentence length on purpose
A mix of short and longer sentences reads more naturally than a string of similarly structured ones.
A Quick Before and After
Generic
I am excited about the opportunity to leverage my skills to contribute to your innovative and dynamic team.
Specific
I've been following your team's shift toward automated onboarding, and I'd like to bring the process improvement work I did at [company], which cut onboarding time by 30%, to a similar challenge here.
Same length. One could be sent anywhere. The other clearly couldn't.
Final Thought
The goal was never to sound like you avoided every tool available.
It's to sound like a specific person applied to this specific role, which is exactly what generic phrasing can't do, however it was produced.
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