Finance is a highly competitive field, so chances are that analyst ... business-like tone. Terms like "good communicator," "hard working," "perfectionist," "loyal" and "team player" are cover ...

Over the past week, a cover letter from an overly ambitious ... makes for a great analyst. In fact, many of the Business Insider commenters suggest HR departments already line up this recruit ...

And especially don't say anything like this summer analyst did in his cover letter, which made him a laughing stock on Wall Street: "I am unequivocally the most unflaggingly hard worker I know ...