Cover Letter That Mirrors the Job Post

Write a cover letter using the mirror method: identify the 3 needs screaming loudest in this job post, and answer each with one concrete story from my background. **Job post:** {{job_description}} **My relevant experience/stories:** {{experience}} **Company & anything I genuinely know/like about it:** {{company_notes}} Structure (≈250–320 words total): **Opening (2–3 sentences):** Start with substance — the intersection of what they need and what I've done. Banned: "I am writing to express my interest", "I was excited to see", any sentence restating the job title and where I found the ad. A hiring manager should be unable to reuse this opening on another candidate's letter. **Body (3 short paragraphs, one per need):** For each of the 3 needs you extracted: - Name their need in their vocabulary (they should feel read). - One specific story from my material proving I've done this: situation in half a sentence, what I did, the result with a number where my material provides one. NEVER invent details beyond what I gave — where a story is thin, use it thin. - No story available for a need? Bridge honestly from the nearest real experience; don't stretch. **Closing (2 sentences):** Confident, plain, forward-looking. No begging ("I would be honored"), no false modesty, no "I believe I would be a great fit" (show, already shown). Tone: like a competent person talking to a future colleague — warm, direct, zero corporate incense. If my materials give a genuine reason I want THIS company, weave it in one sentence; if not, skip flattery entirely rather than faking it. Also output: the 3 needs you extracted, so I can sanity-check your reading of the post.