Big mistake in my cover letter.

[Samedy]

I sent my cover letter and resume to a company the other week. The cv is a general cover letter, but it is targeted towards specific types of jobs.

 

Anyway, I accidentally left the name of the position of the previous job I applied for in the third sentence. (I say the position name in the first, third and closing paragraph sentence). Now, normally I would write this job off, and I would send another resume, cv, apologizing for the mistake. However, I got a job interview.

 

Should I just assume they missed the mistake, or that they saw it but decided that it didn't matter. I already have an interview, so it would probably be weird if I sent them another copy of my resume.

[Beec]

Do not draw attention to it.

 

However, if someone mentions it have ready explanation. Anticipate the questions and have good answers.

[Lana0120]

I agree with Beec. It sounds like it doesn't matter to them though if they have decided to offer you an interview, so don't feel too bad about it! Just prepare for the interview and relax as best as you can.

[treefrogkate]

As someone who is interviewing candidates now, I agree with Beec. Don't point out the mistake, but be able to explain it in case it's brought up.

 

A good response would state that you are applying for a number of different types of positions, but that you are excited and interested about this particular position because of ______. That way, you turn the negative into a positive.

[Lana0120]

That's brilliant treefrogkate. You should definitely do that Samedy. Honesty and flattery will get you most places lol

[Honey Pumpkin]

If it's in your cover letter - in our organisation, when I do the recruitment, I just ditch all cover letters. That's right, they are ALL binned! No one gets to see them, people are chosen for interview purely on the basis of their application/resume. So it might be that simple, that no one has seen it.

 

Definitely don't mention it, but be prepared to deal with it if it comes up.

[HappyAsALark]

If it's in your cover letter - in our organisation, when I do the recruitment, I just ditch all cover letters. That's right, they are ALL binned! No one gets to see them, people are chosen for interview purely on the basis of their application/resume. So it might be that simple, that no one has seen it.

 

Definitely don't mention it, but be prepared to deal with it if it comes up.

 

I do the exact same at my job. I hate cover letters, it just causes more clutter and chaos. If I do look at a cover letter it is to get basic info about the person, I don't look at it in depth.

[treefrogkate]

I do look at the cover letter, and I've gotten at least one that I remember that had not only the wrong position, but the wrong company on it. It was for a position that was completely different from what we had, and because of the type of position, I chose not to bring that person in.

 

That said, if you already got the interview, it's unlikely they've looked at it, or if they did, it wasn't a big deal, and they probably won't bring it up.

[Batya33]

I agree with all the others - this happened to a close friend of mine, he never brought it up, neither did they and he got the job.

 

Good luck!!