another application submitted

[fox]

Here's a position for a Copy Editor that is right up my street.

• Ability to leap tall buildings and catch typos in a single bound
  
• Grammar neurosis -- you just can't stop thinking about it!
  
• Attention to detail
  
• Ability to work under extreme deadline pressure
  
• Ability to prioritize and organize multiple projects
  
• Ability to work well with Fools at all levels -- i.e., diplomacy
  
• Ability to roll with the punches -- and give a few, too
  
• Dependability and consistency
  
  
• Experience as an editor for a daily newspaper, journal, newsletter or website
  
• Comfort and familiarity with content written for the Web
  
• Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment
  
• Patience of a saint
  
• Sense of humor -- if you can't laugh at yourself, forget it
  
• Strong writing skills
  
• Willingness to do stupid human tricks
  
• Passion for the [company's]  mission

So okay, I put together a cover letter that I thought demonstrated all those things; I answered their question about a couple of times that my 'grammar neurosis' caused me to edit someone's work when maybe I shouldn't have; I answered their question about which famous personality I'd be, if I could be any one I wanted (Dorothy Parker, natch).  I'm supposed to hear from them within 30 days, but in the meantime I've got this auto-response e-mail to let me know my online application went through:

Thank you for submitting your application to [company].  We are a small team, but we try to respond to all applicants within 30 days.  If you don't hear from us you can send an e-mail to [HR e-mail address] and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.  Regardless, we will keep your resume on file for up to one year to see if you fit any of our future openings -- Really, we do. Best of luck in your job search and we'll see you at [website]!

I won't get into it until and unless I get an interview, of course, but if I do get the interview, am I allowed to come in with a marked-up copy of that e-mail pointing out the lack of parallelism between 'we will' and 'we do'?  Or would that be an example of the neurosis causing me to edit something I ought to have left alone?

Comments

[osymandias.livejournal.com]

Also, capitalisation of 'Really'?

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Have the marked-up email in a folder, and whip it out if it seems appropriate.

Ability to work well with Fools at all levels -- i.e., diplomacy

Beta!!!!! :-)

[emila-wan.livejournal.com]

Sweetie, at least make sure you're not pointing out the error to the person who actually WROTE it. *G*

[kmg-365.livejournal.com]

I was just about to mention that.

[kmg-365.livejournal.com]

am I allowed to come in with a marked-up copy of that e-mail pointing out the lack of parallelism between 'we will' and 'we do'?

I did this during a technical test I was given. The interviewers - an HR person and my eventual boss - were gabbing as I was filling out the test. When I finished, they asked if I had any questions. I told them I didn't, but wanted to let them know that the code they had listed wouldn't compile.

He didn't believe me, insisting it would. After I was hired, he told me that he went back to his desk, typed in the code, and found out I was correct. It was one of the reasons that they chose to hire me.