Smart Asses

Here's the short background: I am part of an organization on campus here at UW-Milwaukee called Criminal Justice Student Association or CJSA. Last semester we had 4 officers like we are supposed to except our president, Evan, got a job in Tennessee starting in a few days so he moved down there a while ago and is getting all situated. Leaving us with 3 officers. This is Ashley's, our vice president's, last semester and apparently needs to focus on school work and finding a job, which is fine, except she left us with very little knowledge of her post and we are down to 2. Mike, the other officer, and myself are now in charge which is great because we get a long. The problem is we need to find 2 officers to replace the 2 that ditched us sooner than later so they can get acquainted with us and how we do things. Oh, the other 'problem' is that this is Mike's and my first year doing this so we were basically thrown in the water and said hope you can swim.
The problem comes with the 2 new officer positions. So far we received 3 emails with applications, two by Juniors so they have one more year left and one by a Senior who is staying here for grad school (reminds me that I really do need to get working on my own application for grad school, but I digress). The two Juniors seem nice and laid back which is what we like, yet still able to do tasks. The Senior is a smart ass. For the application we ask them to explain why they want to be an officer and what they can bring to our organization if they become one, so about two paragraphs. This guy wrote 4 long paragraphs telling us of all of his jobs in the field (UWM PD, WI State Fair PD, University Legal Clinic, and working at the Milwaukee County District Attorney) but failed to say why he wanted the position. It's great that he has done all of those things and the contacts that he has could help the CJSA but the way he worded things in those paragraphs made him sound like a smart ass. Instead of using 'many' he used 'plethora'. He said, and I quote, 'I wish to become a CJSA officer in order to fulfill its potential of becoming a first-rate student organization at a world renowned institution of higher education'. That doesn't answer our question as to why he wants to be an officer. Lastly he says, 'I hope I can lend myself to the CJSA and build a successful and effective organization for all' as if we are just starting off (which we aren't). 
The bottom point of this post is, when you are asked a question, answer it. Don't beat around the bush telling us what you have done no matter how impressive it might seem or use thesaurus-ed words. Answer the question and then expand that answer if it is called for.