ByteDance-Letter-Template

• ByteDance's recommendation letter template.
• Language: English, 简体中文.

Introduction

When applying for graduate/doctoral studies, if we are doing an internship or working full-time in industry, we usually need a letter of recommendation from our supervisor. In my experience, companies rarely provide formal letter templates for study abroad applications, and applicants or recommenders usually make them themselves.

Therefore, I open-sourced the project ByteDance-Letter-Template which is suitable for most companies, taking ByteDance as an example. In addition, you can adapt it into a recommendation letter template for other companies, such as Tencent, Alibaba, Pinduoduo, Meituan, etc.

Demo

Features

• You DO NOT NEED to know too much Latex syntax to use it.
• Support online compilation using Overleaf, without the need to install the TexLive environment locally.
• A simple template that can be further customized or extended.
• Separate the letter's main content from the template frame.
• Support adding hyperlinks in generated PDF, such as email or url.
• Support for footnote markers.

File layout

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├── LICENSE                     \\ repo license
├── README.md                   \\ readme in English
├── README_zh.md                \\ readme in Chinese
├── letterContent.tex           \\ main content of the letter, isolates from the template frame
├── main.pdf                    \\ letter pdf generated after latex compilation
├── main.tex                    \\ template frame
├── pic                         \\ folder where pictures are stored
│   ├── Alibaba_Logo.png
│   ├── ByteDance_Logo.png
│   ├── ByteDance_Logo_Bg.png
│   ├── Meituan_Logo.png
│   ├── Pinduoduo_Logo.png
│   ├── Tencent_Logo.png
│   └── signature.png
└── sample                      \\ sample
    ├── ByteDance.png
    ├── Meituan.png
    └── Tencent.png

Usage

main.tex

• Change the address of the letter

  \hphantom{AA}Block B, Building T2 \\ % Change your address
  \hphantom{AA}School of Information Science and Technology \\
  \hphantom{AA}Shenzhen Bay Innovation Technology Center \\
  \hphantom{AA}3156 Keyuan South Road, Nanshan District \\
  \hphantom{AA}Shenzhen, P. R. China, 518054 \\
  

• Change the signature of the letter

  Sincerely yours,
  
  \includegraphics[width=2in]{pic/signature.png} % Please sign your name
  
  xxx, Tech Lead Manager \\ % Change your personal information
  Department of Product RD and Infrastructure \\
  ByteDance \\
  Phone: (86) 10-xxxx-xxx \\ 
  Email: \href{mailto:[email protected]}{[email protected]} \\
  Website: \url{https://www.bytedance.com/en} \\
  

• Change the logo of the letter

  pic/ByteDance_Logo_Bg.png % you may need to adjust the transparency of your picture.
  pic/ByteDance_Logo.png
  

letterContent.tex

Main content of the letter.

• Edit your content.
• Note the use of \\ for line breaks.

How to compile

Method 1: Online Compilation

• Open Overleaf link
• Open as Template
• Edit your content
• Compile
• Download PDF

Method 2: Local Compilation

• Install the Tex local environment: https://www.latex-project.org/get
• Download this repo: git clone https://github.com/leungll/ByteDance-Letter-Template.git
• Run: pdflatex main

Reference

• THU Letter of Recommendation Template
• Learn LaTeX in 30 minutes

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