A very cute story about saving face with a clever cover letter. Found on a GREAT (and very nerdy) blog, Letters of Note.

In 1989, at the end of a disastrous telephone interview in which he alluded to playing pirated versions of their games, Tim Schafer was advised by David Fox to send in his resume and a covering letter relating to the role of Assistant Programmer/Designer at LucasArts (at the time still named Lucasfilm). Schafer, in an effort to win Fox over after such a bad first impression, decided to write his covering letter in the form of a text adventure game, a copy of which can be seen below. Seemingly on the strength of said letter, just weeks later Schafer received a job offer and subsequently went on to write for - and program - two of the greatest games ever released: The Secret of Monkey Island and its sequel.