I addressed my cover letter to the wrong person

No, it was not the end of the world

By Jack Spiegel

November 6, 2023

I applied to be an intern at C-SPAN in November of 2022 as a shot in the dark. One day later I had an interview set up and one week later, I was offered the position at the end of the interview.

As I was reflecting and looking back at my application in March of 2023, I saw that I addressed my cover letter to two people who didn’t even work at the company. I thought to myself: “How did I not catch that during my application?”

At that point, it didn’t matter that I addressed one of the most important application documents to the wrong person because I already had the most incredible experiences of my life.