Recommendation Letters: An Unnecessary Intermediate Representation in the LLM Era
aminkarbasi · x · 2026-08-18
Amin Karbasi observes that the recommendation letter flow has evolved into: Recommender → Prompt → LLM → 3-page letter → LLM for recruiter decision. He argues that the lengthy letter is now an unnecessary intermediate representation, suggesting the prompt should be sent directly to the decision-making LLM.
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