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Tailor resumes, prepare for interviews, and make your case for better pay.

12 prompts

  1. 1.1Tailor a resume to a job ad
  2. 1.2Rewrite resume bullets to show results
  3. 1.3Write a cover letter that sounds like you
  4. 1.4Write a LinkedIn summary
  5. 1.5Research a company before an interview
  6. 1.6Practice interview answers and get feedback
  7. 1.7Answer “tell me about yourself”
  8. 1.8Explain a gap or career change
  9. 1.9Prepare questions for the interviewer
  10. 1.10Negotiate a salary offer
  11. 1.11Ask for a raise in your current job
  12. 1.12Write an interview follow-up
1.1

Tailor a resume to a job ad

Use this when you have a resume and want to show how your experience fits one specific vacancy.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Adapt my resume for one vacancy using these inputs:
resume: [CURRENT resume]
Vacancy: [JOB AD]
Required format and maximum length: [APPLICATION RULES]

First give a table matching the five main job requirements to evidence in my resume. Copy the supporting wording from my resume; mark a requirement with no evidence as a gap. Then give a revised summary and experience section, followed by exactly three short edit notes about changes you made.

Treat this as selecting and arranging evidence, not writing a career story. Keep every role as a separate entry with its supplied title, employer and dates. Keep each duty and result attached to the role where I supplied it. Never add a sentence connecting different roles or explaining how I moved between them. Do not describe promotion, progression, advancement, returning or starting at an employer, even when the same employer appears twice. In the summary, use only my supplied professional background and relevant duties from my current role. Do not mention previous roles in the summary.

You may shorten sentences or change their order, but do not add an explanation, cause, benefit or achievement. Preserve qualified credit such as 'contributed to'. State each achievement, budget and team-size figure once in the revised resume, either in the summary or in experience, without changing its meaning or time period. Keep role dates on their own entries. Do not calculate new metrics. Use wording from the vacancy only when my resume supplies evidence for it. Keep career breaks visible and leave unsupported qualifications out.

Follow my format exclusions and maximum length. The maximum is a hard limit for the revised resume, not a target to fill. Count privately and shorten before answering. If the resume, vacancy or application rules are missing, ask only for the missing input. Otherwise produce the requested result without questions.

Use only what I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, numbers, facts, sources, quotations or commitments. Use no em dashes. Give only the evidence table, revised resume and three edit notes, with no other notes, word counts, apologies or offers.

Why it works Evidence matching makes the fit checkable. Selecting and arranging facts within separate role entries prevents a rewrite from inventing a career progression.

See the resultsSample input, then ChatGPT and Claude

Sample details we gave the AI

resume: Maya Lindqvist, Denver, Colorado. Marketing professional with 8 years of experience. Marketing Manager, Cedarwheel Outdoors, 2024 to present: lead three marketers; manage a $450,000 annual marketing budget since March 2025; plan paid search and email campaigns; work with sales on monthly forecasts. Led marketing work that contributed to online sales rising from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025. Marketing Specialist, Cedarwheel Outdoors, 2017 to 2022: wrote email campaigns and product pages; coordinated seasonal launches with sales. Career break, January to December 2023: cared for a parent.
Vacancy: Head of Marketing, Northwind Bikes, a fictional 120-person bicycle maker in Denver. Lead three marketers, manage the marketing budget, grow online sales, align marketing with sales, and own brand strategy.
Required format and maximum length: Plain text, no contact details, summary and experience only, maximum 250 words for the revised resume. Keep the career break visible. No restriction on AI assistance.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

Requirement Supporting wording from resume
Lead three marketers lead three marketers
Manage the marketing budget manage a $450,000 annual marketing budget since March 2025
Grow online sales Led marketing work that contributed to online sales rising from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025.
Align marketing with sales work with sales on monthly forecasts
Own brand strategy Gap

SUMMARY

Marketing professional with 8 years of experience. Lead marketers, manage an annual marketing budget, and plan paid search and email campaigns.

EXPERIENCE

Marketing Manager, Cedarwheel Outdoors
2024 to present
Lead three marketers; manage a $450,000 annual marketing budget since March 2025. Work with sales on monthly forecasts. Plan paid search and email campaigns. Led marketing work that contributed to online sales rising from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025.

Career break
January to December 2023
Cared for a parent.

Marketing Specialist, Cedarwheel Outdoors
2017 to 2022
Wrote email campaigns and product pages; coordinated seasonal launches with sales.

EDIT NOTES

  1. Prioritized leadership, budget management and sales alignment.
  2. Preserved qualified credit and each figure’s time period.
  3. Kept roles separate and the career break visible.

Verdict Both results matched requirements to resume wording, marked brand strategy as a gap, kept roles and the career break separate, and stayed under 250 words.

1.2

Rewrite resume bullets to show results

Use this when your resume lists duties but does not clearly show your contribution or the outcome.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Turn my duty statements into resume achievement bullets for [TARGET ROLE].
Original bullets: [BULLETS]
Evidence for each bullet, including my actions, outcomes, dates and team contribution: [FACT NOTES]

Write one replacement per original bullet, in the same order. Start each with an action verb and keep the wording concise. There is no fixed word limit: preserve the supplied actions, outcomes, figures, time periods and shared credit rather than cutting a necessary fact to fit a count. If the evidence does not match the original bullet, say so briefly before its replacement. Use only the evidence I provide. Do not invent a metric, calculate new metrics or give me credit for work done by others. Do not add a cause, benefit or achievement that my evidence does not state. If an outcome has no number, describe the documented change in plain words. After the bullets, suggest exactly two questions that could uncover stronger supporting evidence. Ask about possible evidence without assuming that an unreported result occurred. If you cannot tell what I did or what changed, ask me to clarify those points before writing replacements. Otherwise write them now.

Use only what I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, numbers, facts, sources, quotations or commitments. Use no em dashes anywhere. Give only the replacements, any required mismatch warning and two evidence questions, with no extra notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works Action and outcome framing turns duties into evidence of contribution. Concise wording without a fixed word count leaves room for time periods and shared credit. Explicit rules about added claims and metrics keep the bullets grounded in the supplied evidence.

See the resultsSample input, then ChatGPT and Claude

Sample details we gave the AI

Target role: Head of Marketing at Northwind Bikes, a fictional 120-person bicycle maker. I am Maya Lindqvist, Marketing Manager at Cedarwheel Outdoors in Denver, with 8 years of marketing experience.
Original bullets:
1. Responsible for digital marketing.
2. Managed the team.
3. Did sales reporting.
Evidence for each bullet:
1. In 2024 and 2025, I planned paid search campaigns and redesigned email journeys. Sales and product colleagues also contributed. Online sales rose from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025.
2. I lead three marketers. In 2025 I introduced a weekly planning meeting and a shared campaign calendar. The team could see owners and launch dates in one place. No measured time saving.
3. In 2025 I introduced a monthly marketing and sales review. We used it to agree campaign priorities for the next month. No verified revenue impact from the review alone.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

  1. Planned paid search campaigns and redesigned email journeys in 2024 and 2025, with contributions from sales and product colleagues; online sales rose from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025.
  2. Lead three marketers and introduced a weekly planning meeting and shared campaign calendar in 2025, giving the team one place to see owners and launch dates.

Mismatch: The evidence describes a marketing and sales review, rather than sales reporting.

  1. Introduced a monthly marketing and sales review in 2025, which we used to agree campaign priorities for the next month.
  • What evidence, if any, connects your paid search campaigns and redesigned email journeys to the change in online sales?
  • What records, if any, show how campaign priorities changed through the monthly marketing and sales review?

Verdict Both results gave one bullet per original, kept shared credit and dates, flagged the mismatch for sales reporting, and asked two evidence questions without inventing figures.

1.3

Write a cover letter that sounds like you

Use this when you need a cover letter built around your experience and your actual reason for applying.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Draft a cover letter for [ROLE AND EMPLOYER].
Job description: [JOB AD]
My experience and two relevant examples: [VERIFIED EXPERIENCE]
Why I want this role: [MY REASON]
A short example of how I write: [VOICE SAMPLE OR NONE]
Application instructions: [RULES]

Write a direct, warm letter with four short body paragraphs:
1. Open with my supplied current role and background, not a stock application opening.
2. Describe the first verified example, preserving the actions, result, time period and shared credit. Name the matching job requirement using only the job description's wording.
3. Describe the second verified example and any supplied budget or sales responsibilities. Name the matching requirements using only the job description's wording. Do not explain a process's purpose or benefits unless my experience explicitly states them.
4. Copy my reason for applying exactly as a standalone sentence, without quotation marks or extra explanation. If I supplied an experience gap, state it in a separate factual sentence and stop there.

Keep the whole letter, including greeting and signature, at most 220 words. This is a hard maximum with no minimum: count privately and shorten before answering. Follow the application instructions. Use a supplied recipient or the hiring team for the greeting, without adding courtesy titles. Sign only with a supplied name; omit the signature if none is supplied. Use the voice sample for tone only, not as a source of claims about my experience, values or habits.

Do not describe the company's channels, priorities or the role's place in its business. Do not explain why employer facts or particular responsibilities appeal to me. My reason sentence is the only statement of my motivation or future intention. Add no promise to learn, develop, take on work, deliver results or continue a conversation. Do not calculate new metrics. Before answering, remove any sentence or clause that adds meaning beyond a supplied fact or an explicit job requirement. If the role, two examples or reason is missing, ask only for the missing input. Otherwise write the letter without questions.

Use only what I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, numbers, facts, sources, quotations or commitments. Use no em dashes. Give only the letter, with no notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works A fixed paragraph order keeps the two examples tied to stated job requirements. Copying the applicant's reason and leaving gaps factual prevents invented motivation or promises. A maximum without a minimum avoids padding.

See the resultsSample input, then ChatGPT and Claude

Sample details we gave the AI

Role and employer: Head of Marketing, Northwind Bikes.
Job description: Lead three marketers, manage a marketing budget, grow online sales, work closely with sales, and own brand strategy.
My experience and two relevant examples: Maya Lindqvist, Denver, Colorado, 8 years in marketing. Marketing Manager at Cedarwheel Outdoors. First example: planned paid search and redesigned email journeys as part of work that helped online sales rise from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025; sales and product colleagues also contributed. Second example: lead three marketers and introduced a shared campaign calendar with clear owners and dates. Manage a $450,000 annual marketing budget and work with sales on forecasts. Have not owned a full brand strategy.
Why I want this role: I want to connect online growth with a broader marketing direction and stay close to a physical product.
A short example of how I write: I like a clear plan, named owners, and enough room to change course when the results tell us to.
Application instructions: Address the hiring team. No street address. Sign Maya Lindqvist. AI drafting is permitted.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

Dear hiring team,

I am the Marketing Manager at Cedarwheel Outdoors, with 8 years in marketing.

I planned paid search and redesigned email journeys as part of work that helped online sales rise from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025. Sales and product colleagues also contributed. This experience matches your requirement to grow online sales.

I lead three marketers and introduced a shared campaign calendar with clear owners and dates. I manage a $450,000 annual marketing budget and work with sales on forecasts. These responsibilities match your requirements to lead three marketers, manage a marketing budget, and work closely with sales.

I want to connect online growth with a broader marketing direction and stay close to a physical product. I have not owned a full brand strategy.

Maya Lindqvist

Verdict Both letters stay within 220 words, use only supplied facts, and state the brand strategy gap in a plain sentence.

1.4

Write a LinkedIn summary

Use this when your About section needs to explain what you do, what you have achieved, and where you want to go.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Write my LinkedIn About section for [INTENDED READERS].
Background and current work: [EXPERIENCE]
Results I can support: [ACHIEVEMENTS]
What I value and want to do next: [DIRECTION]
Writing style: [VOICE SAMPLE OR STYLE]
Should the text hint that I am open to new roles? [YES OR NO]

Write in first person with exactly three short paragraphs and at most 160 words in total. This is a hard maximum with no minimum. A shorter section is fine. Count privately and shorten before answering.

Use only the background and current work field for paragraph one, including my years of experience if supplied. Use only the results field for paragraph two, keeping the supplied shared credit, actions, figures and time periods. Use only the values and direction field for paragraph three. Convert fragments into sentences with 'I', 'I value' or 'I want to' where needed. Otherwise stay close to the supplied wording. You may omit a detail for length, but do not expand any claim or repeat it to fill space.

Keep each statement within its source field. Do not link my values to my actions, explain why I introduced a process, describe what a calendar enables, or restate my contribution with added interpretation. Do not add clauses explaining purpose, cause or benefit, including clauses beginning 'so', 'so that', 'because', 'helping' or 'bringing'. Do not calculate new metrics. Use the writing style for tone only; it supplies no additional facts, personality traits or habits.

Avoid buzzwords, superlatives, contact details and target employer names. If YES, add only a brief invitation to discuss roles matching my supplied direction. If NO, finish with my supplied direction without announcing availability, inviting contact or hinting at a job search. Before answering, check that each factual clause is a close restatement of its assigned source field and delete added interpretations. If background, intended readers, values and direction, or the YES or NO choice is missing, ask only for the missing input. Otherwise write the About section without questions.

Use only what I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, numbers, facts, sources, quotations or commitments. Use no em dashes. Give only the About section, with no notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works Each paragraph draws from one input field, keeping achievements separate from values and direction. A maximum without a minimum removes pressure to add explanations. The YES or NO choice controls whether the ending invites conversations about roles.

See the resultsSample input, then ChatGPT and Claude

Sample details we gave the AI

Intended readers: Marketing leaders and hiring managers for senior marketing roles, including the fictional Northwind Bikes Head of Marketing role.
Background and current work: Maya Lindqvist, Denver, Colorado. 8 years in marketing. Marketing Manager at Cedarwheel Outdoors, leading three marketers, managing a $450,000 annual budget, planning paid search and email campaigns, and working with sales on monthly forecasts.
Results I can support: Led marketing work that contributed, alongside sales and product colleagues, to online sales increasing from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025. Introduced a shared campaign calendar with clear owners and dates.
What I value and want to do next: Clear plans, shared responsibility, and using results to change course. Want to connect online growth with broader marketing direction for a physical product business.
Writing style: Plain, friendly and specific. I like a clear plan and named owners.
Should the text hint that I am open to new roles? NO. Do not say I am looking for a new job and do not name Northwind Bikes.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

I have 8 years of experience in marketing. As Marketing Manager at Cedarwheel Outdoors, I lead three marketers, manage a $450,000 annual budget, plan paid search and email campaigns, and work with sales on monthly forecasts.

I led marketing work that contributed, alongside sales and product colleagues, to online sales increasing from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025. I introduced a shared campaign calendar with clear owners and dates.

I value clear plans, shared responsibility, and using results to change course. I want to connect online growth with broader marketing direction for a physical product business.

Verdict Both About sections use three paragraphs well under 160 words, stay with the supplied facts, and avoid any job search hint.

1.5

Research a company before an interview

Use this when you need a source-based picture of the employer and the role before meeting the hiring team.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Prepare an interview research note for [EMPLOYER] and [ROLE], for an interview on [DATE].
Job description: [JOB AD]
Company sources, including dates where known: [LINKS OR PASTED MATERIALS]
My relevant experience: [BACKGROUND]

Keep the entire note under 500 words, including headings, citations and questions. This is a hard limit: aim for about 400 words and check privately before answering. Cover products, customers, stated priorities and connections to my experience. Give a source name, source date when available, and a link when supplied for each factual claim about the company. Put confirmed facts, interpretations and open questions in separate groups. Put exactly three questions to verify at the interview in the open questions group, without repeating them elsewhere. Do not turn an interpretation into a fact, guess what the company's current problem is, or infer financial health from promotional wording.

Read only the supplied materials and links, using browsing for those links if available. Do not search for additional sources. If you cannot read a source, ask me to paste it. Ask for the employer, role, date or source material if missing; otherwise write the note.

Use only facts in my supplied materials and links; add no names, titles, dates, factual numbers, sources, quotations or commitments. Use no em dashes anywhere. Give only the research note, with no extra notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works Source grounding and separate fact and interpretation groups make the research checkable. The sample's instruction to use only fictional materials is meant to prevent borrowing facts about an unrelated real company.

See the resultsSample input, then ChatGPT and Claude

Sample details we gave the AI

Employer: Northwind Bikes.
Role: Head of Marketing.
Interview date: 5 October 2026.
Source instructions for this sample: Northwind Bikes and all pasted documents below are fictional. Use only these materials, label the note fictional, and do not search for a real company with the same name. No links are supplied.
Job description: Northwind Bikes role description, dated 25 September 2026: Head of Marketing in Denver; lead three marketers, manage the marketing budget, grow online sales, align with sales, and own brand strategy.
Company sources:
1. Northwind Bikes company overview, dated 20 September 2026: A 120-person bicycle maker based in Denver. Makes commuter and touring bicycles. Sells through independent dealers and its own online store. Customers include commuters and recreational touring riders.
2. Northwind Bikes interview briefing note, dated 28 September 2026: Next year's priorities are to improve the online buying journey and coordinate dealer and online campaigns. The Head of Marketing will work with the sales lead. No sales targets, financial results or budget figures are supplied.
My relevant experience: Maya Lindqvist, Denver, 8 years in marketing. Lead three marketers at Cedarwheel Outdoors and manage a $450,000 annual budget. Led marketing work contributing to online sales growing from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025. Work with sales on forecasts. Have not owned a full brand strategy.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

Fictional interview research note

Northwind Bikes Head of Marketing Interview: 5 October 2026

Confirmed facts

Products and customers: Northwind Bikes is a 120-person bicycle maker based in Denver. It makes commuter and touring bicycles for customers including commuters and recreational touring riders. It sells through independent dealers and its own online store. (Source: Northwind Bikes company overview, 20 September 2026.)

Role: The Denver-based Head of Marketing will lead three marketers, manage the marketing budget, grow online sales, align with sales and own brand strategy. (Source: Northwind Bikes role description, 25 September 2026.)

Stated priorities: Next year’s priorities are improving the online buying journey and coordinating dealer and online campaigns. The Head of Marketing will work with the sales lead. The supplied briefing provides no sales targets, financial results or budget figures. (Source: Northwind Bikes interview briefing note, 28 September 2026.)

Relevant experience: Maya Lindqvist is based in Denver and has eight years in marketing. At Cedarwheel Outdoors, she leads three marketers and manages a $450,000 annual budget. She led marketing work contributing to online sales growth from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025, and works with sales on forecasts. She has not owned a full brand strategy. (Source: supplied background.)

Interpretations

Your team leadership and budget management experience appear directly relevant to the role’s responsibilities. Your online sales example could demonstrate experience supporting growth, while preserving the distinction between marketing’s contribution and sole responsibility for the result. (Role context: Northwind Bikes role description, 25 September 2026.)

Your work with sales on forecasts offers a connection to the expected sales partnership. It may provide a useful example of how you align marketing activity with sales input. (Company context: Northwind Bikes interview briefing note, 28 September 2026.)

Full brand strategy ownership is an experience gap relative to the stated remit. Prepare to explain the scope of your previous brand work without presenting it as ownership you have not held. (Role context: Northwind Bikes role description, 25 September 2026.)

Open questions

  1. How will success in improving the online buying journey be measured?
  2. How will the Head of Marketing and sales lead coordinate dealer and online campaigns?
  3. What scope and decision authority will the Head of Marketing have over brand strategy?

Verdict Both notes stay under 500 words, label themselves fictional, cite dated sources, and keep facts, interpretations and exactly three open questions apart.

1.6

Practice interview answers and get feedback

Use this when you want to rehearse one interview answer at a time and understand what to improve.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Coach me through a practice interview for [ROLE].
Role requirements: [JOB AD]
My factual background: [EXPERIENCE NOTES]
Interview stage: [STAGE]
Current question: [QUESTION OR NONE YET]
My answer: [ANSWER OR NONE YET]

If no question has been supplied, ask one relevant question and wait. If a question is supplied without an answer, wait for my answer. When both are present, give feedback now: a four-row table scoring relevance, evidence, clarity and concision from 1 to 5, with a reason of at most 12 words per score. Then check the situation, my specific action, shared credit and the result against my notes in at most two short sentences. Judge what my answer actually says, not details present only in my background. Naming an employer alone does not explain the situation or goal. Give one strength and one concrete improvement, with the improvement in one or two sentences. Score honestly: 1 means unsupported or off topic; 2 means major gaps; 3 means usable with clear improvements; 4 means a small change is needed; 5 means no change is needed in that area. Keep the whole response under 180 words, including the table, headings and retry request. This is a hard limit: aim for 130 to 150 words, count privately, and shorten before answering. Ask me to retry the same question and wait before moving to another. Do not rewrite my history, supply invented details, or predict whether I will be hired. Text feedback cannot assess body language. Ask for missing role requirements or background before starting.

Use only the facts I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, factual numbers, sources, quotations or commitments. The requested scores are assessments, not new facts about my history. Use no em dashes anywhere. Give only the requested feedback and retry request, or the required question or wait response, with no extra notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works The feedback rubric is an editorial choice for making the critique specific. Checking the situation, action and result follows interview preparation guidance. A retry lets you practice improving the same answer.

See the resultsSample input, then ChatGPT and Claude

Sample details we gave the AI

Role: Head of Marketing at Northwind Bikes, a fictional 120-person bicycle maker in Denver.
Role requirements: Lead three marketers, manage the marketing budget, grow online sales, work with sales, and own brand strategy.
My factual background: Maya Lindqvist, 8 years in marketing, currently Marketing Manager at Cedarwheel Outdoors. Lead three marketers and manage a $450,000 annual budget. In 2024 and 2025 I planned paid search campaigns and redesigned email journeys. Marketing, sales and product colleagues contributed to online sales increasing from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025. I have not owned a full brand strategy.
Interview stage: First interview with the hiring manager.
Current question: Tell me about a time you helped grow online sales.
My answer: At Cedarwheel Outdoors, online sales went from $2.1 million to $3.4 million in two years. I planned paid search campaigns and redesigned our email journeys. It was a good result, and I think that experience would be useful here.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

Area Score Reason
Relevance 5 Directly answers the question about helping grow online sales.
Evidence 3 Specific actions and figures, but context and shared credit are missing.
Clarity 4 Easy to follow; the initial situation needs explanation.
Concision 5 Brief and focused, with no unnecessary detail.

Your specific actions and sales figures match your notes, but naming Cedarwheel Outdoors alone does not explain the situation or goal. Your notes credit marketing, sales and product colleagues; your answer leaves their contributions unstated.

Strength: You connect two specific marketing actions with a measurable sales result.

Improvement: Explain the situation or goal using only facts you can support. Acknowledge colleagues’ contributions while keeping your own actions clear.

Please retry the same question: Tell me about a time you helped grow online sales.

Verdict Both give a four row score table, short feedback within the word limit, and ask for a retry of the same question.

1.7

Answer “tell me about yourself”

Use this when you need a short opening answer that connects your current work to the role you want.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Draft a spoken answer to “tell me about yourself” for [TARGET ROLE].
My current work and relevant background: [EXPERIENCE]
One achievement, including my contribution: [RESULT]
Why I want this move: [MOTIVATION]
The role's main requirements: [JOB REQUIREMENTS]
My stated next step, if any: [NEXT STEP OR NONE]

Write 100 to 130 words that move from what I do now to relevant experience and why this role interests me. Use one concrete result and natural spoken language. Do not recite my full resume or invent a motivation, skill or achievement. Use only my stated motivation to explain why I want the move. Use job requirements to show supported fit, never to add a reason, interest or ambition. Keep unrequested gaps out of both the answer and cue points. Close on my supplied next step; if NONE, close on my stated motivation without adding a next step, an offer to talk or another ambition. After the answer, give three short cue points I can practice from instead of memorizing every word. Ask for any missing background, result, motivation or role requirements before drafting. Otherwise provide the answer and cue points now.

Use only the facts I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, factual numbers, sources, quotations or commitments. Use no em dashes anywhere. Give only the spoken answer and three cue points, with no extra notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works A current work, evidence and next step structure gives the answer a clear path. Cue points support natural rehearsal without turning the draft into a script to recite.

See the resultsSample input, then ChatGPT and Claude

Sample details we gave the AI

Target role: Head of Marketing at Northwind Bikes, a fictional bicycle maker in Denver with 120 employees.
My current work and relevant background: Maya Lindqvist, 8 years in marketing, currently Marketing Manager at Cedarwheel Outdoors in Denver. Lead three marketers, manage a $450,000 annual budget, plan paid search and email campaigns, and work with sales on forecasts.
One achievement, including my contribution: In 2024 and 2025 I planned paid search campaigns and redesigned email journeys. That work, alongside sales and product colleagues, contributed to online sales growing from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025.
Why I want this move: I want to connect online growth with broader marketing direction and stay close to a physical product.
The role's main requirements: Lead three marketers, manage the marketing budget, grow online sales, align with sales, and own brand strategy.
Background gap, not to volunteer unless asked: I have not owned a full brand strategy.
My stated next step, if any: NONE.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

I’m currently Marketing Manager at Cedarwheel Outdoors in Denver and have eight years of marketing experience. I lead three marketers, manage a $450,000 annual budget, and work with sales on forecasts. My work includes planning paid search and email campaigns. In 2024 and 2025, I planned paid search campaigns and redesigned email journeys. Alongside sales and product colleagues, that work contributed to online sales growing from $2.1 million to $3.4 million. That experience connects with this role’s focus on leading a team, managing the budget, growing online sales, and aligning with sales. I’m interested in the Head of Marketing role at Northwind Bikes because I want to connect online growth with broader marketing direction and stay close to a physical product.

  • Current work: team, budget, campaigns, sales forecasts.
  • Result: paid search and email journeys contributed to online sales growth.
  • Motivation: broader marketing direction, close to a physical product.

Verdict Both spoken answers fit the 100 to 130 word range, used only supplied facts, closed on the stated motivation, and added three cue points.

1.8

Explain a gap or career change

Use this when an interviewer asks about time away from work or why you are moving into different work.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Help me explain [GAP OR CAREER CHANGE] in an interview for [TARGET ROLE].
Gap dates: [START AND END DATES, OR NOT APPLICABLE]
Career change: [CURRENT ROLE OR FIELD AND TARGET ROLE OR FIELD, OR NOT APPLICABLE]
Reason I want to share: [REASON]
Details I want to keep private: [PRIVACY BOUNDARIES]
Experience that connects to the target role: [EVIDENCE]
Current plans or preparation I can truthfully mention: [CONFIRMED PLANS OR NONE]

Use only the branch I selected. For a gap, write a calm 50 to 80 word answer that briefly explains the time away and returns to relevant experience. For a career change, write 80 to 110 words connecting my reason and transferable experience to the new role, and acknowledge a learning need if supplied. Then give one sentence that states my privacy boundary and redirects to supplied relevant experience. Do not infer that a personal situation has ended or add claims about availability, readiness or being fully focused. Do not apologize, criticize an employer, add personal details, invent activity during the gap, or claim preparation I have not done. If the transition, reason, privacy boundaries or relevant evidence is missing, ask for those facts before drafting. Otherwise write the answer now.

Use only the facts I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, factual numbers, sources, quotations or commitments. Use no em dashes anywhere. Give only the answer and one follow-up sentence, with no extra notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works Privacy boundaries and supplied facts keep the explanation brief without filling the gap with invented activity. The gap and career change structure is an editorial design, rather than a research finding.

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Sample details we gave the AI

Gap or career change: Gap.
Target role: Head of Marketing at Northwind Bikes, a fictional 120-person bicycle maker in Denver.
Gap dates: January to December 2023.
Career change: Not applicable.
Reason I want to share: I took the year off to care for a parent.
Details I want to keep private: My parent's health, diagnosis and current circumstances. Do not imply the care situation has ended.
Experience that connects to the target role: Maya Lindqvist, 8 years in marketing. Marketing Manager at Cedarwheel Outdoors since 2024. Lead three marketers and manage a $450,000 annual budget. Led marketing work contributing to online sales growing from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025.
Current plans or preparation I can truthfully mention: Applying for broader marketing leadership roles. No study, freelance work or training during the gap.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

I took January to December 2023 off to care for a parent. My experience includes eight years in marketing, and since 2024 I’ve been Marketing Manager at Cedarwheel Outdoors, leading three marketers and managing a $450,000 annual budget. I led marketing work contributing to online sales growing from $2.1 million to $3.4 million between the start of 2024 and the end of 2025, experience relevant to the Head of Marketing role.

I prefer to keep my parent’s health, diagnosis and current circumstances private, and I can discuss my experience leading marketers, managing a budget and contributing to sales growth.

Verdict Both gap answers stay in the 50 to 80 word range, keep the parent's details private, and add one privacy sentence.

1.9

Prepare questions for the interviewer

Use this when you want questions that help you judge the role and have not already been answered.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Prepare eight questions I could ask in an interview for [ROLE AND EMPLOYER].
Role description: [JOB REQUIREMENTS]
Checked company information: [COMPANY NOTES]
Who I am meeting: [INTERVIEWER ROLE OR UNKNOWN]
What matters to me: [MY PRIORITIES]
Topics already answered: [ANSWERED TOPICS OR NONE]
Time available for my questions: [MINUTES]

Put the three most useful questions first and label them as my priority set for the time available. The remaining questions are reserves; do not suggest asking all eight in a short slot. After each question, add one sentence explaining what it would help me learn. Cover success measures, resources, collaboration and management where relevant, and include next steps among the eight. Match the questions to the person I am meeting, without assuming they know everything. If that person would manage me, ask how they would work with me in this role. Use only supplied timeframes; do not add periods such as a first-year or onboarding deadline. Do not imply an unverified company problem or repeat an answered topic. If the role details, my priorities or available time are missing, ask for those inputs before drafting. Otherwise provide the questions now.

Use only the facts I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, factual numbers, sources, quotations or commitments. Use no em dashes anywhere. Give only the eight questions and their learning sentences, grouped as priority and reserve questions, with no extra notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works Priority and answered-topic inputs turn a generic question list into useful preparation. Preparing useful questions from employer research follows the interview preparation guidance; ranking them is an editorial choice.

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Sample details we gave the AI

Role and employer: Head of Marketing at Northwind Bikes, a fictional 120-person bicycle maker in Denver.
Role description: Lead three marketers, manage the marketing budget, grow online sales, align with sales, and own brand strategy.
Checked company information: Supplied company overview says Northwind sells commuter and touring bicycles through independent dealers and its own online store. Interview note says next year's priorities are improving the online buying journey and coordinating dealer and online campaigns.
Who I am meeting: The chief executive, who would be my manager.
What matters to me: I am Maya Lindqvist, a marketing manager with 8 years of experience. I want to understand first-six-month expectations, decision authority and resources. I lead three marketers and manage a $450,000 annual budget now; full brand strategy ownership would be new to me.
Topics already answered: Company size, products, channels, Denver location and marketing team size. None of my three priorities has been answered.
Time available for my questions: 10 minutes.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

Priority set for the 10 minutes available

  1. What would you most want me to achieve in the first six months, and how would you measure success?
    This would help me understand your expectations and how you would assess my contribution.

  2. Which decisions would I own across brand strategy, the marketing budget and campaigns, and which would need your approval?
    This would help me understand my decision authority and where you would stay involved.

  3. What budget, capabilities and support would be available to deliver those expectations?
    This would help me assess whether the available resources match what you want me to achieve.

Reserve questions

  1. How would you work with me in this role, including setting priorities, giving feedback and resolving competing demands?
    This would help me understand your management approach and how we would work together.

  2. How would you expect me to collaborate with sales on coordinating dealer and online campaigns, and who else could explain how that collaboration works?
    This would help me understand your expectations for alignment and where to learn more about day-to-day collaboration.

  3. From your perspective, what outcomes matter most when improving the online buying journey, and how should marketing contribute?
    This would help me understand how you connect that priority to growing online sales.

  4. As full brand strategy ownership would be new to me, what would you expect from me in that responsibility, and what guidance would be available?
    This would help me understand the scope of brand ownership and the support available as I take it on.

  5. What are the next steps in the interview process, and is there anything further you would like to understand about my experience?
    This would help me understand the process ahead and address any remaining questions about my fit.

Verdict Both give eight questions with a ten minute priority set of three, reserves, next steps, and one learning sentence each.

1.10

Negotiate a salary offer

Use this when you have an offer and want to make a clear, respectful request for different terms.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Help me respond to an offer for [ROLE AND LOCATION].
Salary and benefits offered: [OFFER]
Salary I want and what else matters: [TARGET AND PRIORITIES]
Role scope and relevant results: [EVIDENCE]
Comparable pay sources with dates: [MARKET EVIDENCE OR NONE]
Recipient, reply deadline and name to sign: [MESSAGE DETAILS]

Write an email of 90 to 120 words, excluding the subject, greeting and signature, that thanks the employer and asks for my stated salary. Support it with the supplied responsibilities and evidence. Then give three replies of at most 40 words each: if they agree, if they decline, and if I want to discuss a benefits alternative. All length limits are hard limits: count each piece privately and shorten before answering. If market evidence is missing, identify that in one short line outside the email; do not call my target a market rate without support. Do not invent salary ranges, competing offers, employer flexibility or deadlines. Do not state enthusiasm, acceptance or a promise to review, reply, send anything or attend a meeting unless I supplied it. Make one clear salary request; do not add a fallback or ask for a figure closer to my target in the same email. Current salary alone is not evidence of the new role's value. Ask for missing offer terms, target or role scope before drafting. Otherwise draft now. In the agreement reply, request confirmation of any agreed terms in writing.

Use only the facts I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, factual numbers, sources, quotations or commitments. Use no em dashes anywhere. Give only the email, three replies and the missing-evidence line if needed, with no extra notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works Role scope, verified achievements and total compensation give the request a concrete basis. Naming the absence of market evidence keeps a personal target from being presented as a salary benchmark.

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Sample details we gave the AI

Role and location: Head of Marketing, Northwind Bikes, a fictional 120-person bicycle maker in Denver, Colorado.
Salary and benefits offered: $118,000 annual base salary, no bonus, 20 days of paid time off, and a retirement contribution of 5% of base salary. Offer received 13 October 2026.
Salary I want and what else matters: $128,000 annual base salary. Base pay is my first priority. If that is unavailable, I would like to discuss five additional days of paid time off and a salary review after six months with agreed performance criteria. I have not decided whether to accept the original offer.
Role scope and relevant results: Lead three marketers, manage the marketing budget, grow online sales, align with sales, and own brand strategy. Maya Lindqvist, 8 years in marketing; lead three marketers and manage a $450,000 annual budget at Cedarwheel Outdoors. Led marketing work that contributed, alongside sales and product colleagues, to online sales growing from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025. Have not owned a full brand strategy.
Comparable pay sources with dates: None. My current salary is $96,000; do not disclose it in the email.
Recipient, reply deadline and name to sign: Northwind hiring team. Reply due 16 October 2026. Sign Maya Lindqvist.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

Subject: Head of Marketing offer

Dear Northwind hiring team,

Thank you for offering me the Head of Marketing role at Northwind Bikes. I would like to request an annual base salary of $128,000. The role involves leading three marketers, managing the marketing budget, growing online sales, aligning with sales, and owning brand strategy. At Cedarwheel Outdoors, I lead three marketers and manage a $450,000 annual budget. My marketing work contributed, alongside sales and product colleagues, to online sales growing from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025. These results and my eight years in marketing support my request given the role’s responsibilities.

Maya Lindqvist

If they agree:

Thank you for agreeing to the $128,000 annual base salary. Please confirm the agreed salary and benefits in writing.

If they decline:

Thank you for clarifying your decision. Base pay remains my first priority, and I have not decided whether to accept the original offer.

To discuss a benefits alternative:

If the $128,000 annual base salary is unavailable, could we discuss five additional days of paid time off and a salary review after six months with agreed performance criteria?

No comparable pay evidence was supplied.

Verdict Both emails fall in the 90 to 120 word range and make one $128,000 request, with three short replies and a no market evidence line.

1.11

Ask for a raise in your current job

Use this when you want to discuss your current pay using sustained results and added responsibility.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Prepare a pay discussion for my current job.
My name, role and employer: [MY NAME, ROLE AND EMPLOYER]
Manager to address: [MANAGER NAME OR TITLE]
Current salary and requested salary: [PAY AMOUNTS]
Results since the last pay review, with my contribution: [VERIFIED RESULTS]
Responsibilities added since that review: [SCOPE CHANGES OR NONE]
Comparable pay evidence with dates: [SOURCES OR NONE]
Review timing and known budget context: [TIMING AND CONTEXT OR UNKNOWN]

Address the manager by the supplied name or title at the start of each script. Provide a meeting request under 50 words, a spoken case of 70 to 110 words, and a response under 70 words if the answer is no. These are hard limits: check each piece privately before answering. Connect the request to documented work and responsibility, not personal expenses or an invented benchmark. In the response to a refusal, ask what would justify an increase and when to revisit it. Do not make up employer budgets, promises or results. Do not propose an unsupplied meeting duration or promise to bring, send or prepare anything. Clearly separate results since the last review from comparisons that include earlier work. If comparable pay evidence is absent, give just one short line stating that outside the scripts. Ask for missing pay amounts or contribution evidence before drafting; otherwise write the three pieces now.

Use only the facts I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, factual numbers, sources, quotations or commitments. Use no em dashes anywhere. Give only the three scripts and the missing-evidence line if needed, with no extra notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works Separating results since the last review from newly added responsibilities makes the case specific. A refusal response with criteria and a review date follows the research guidance on preparing for a later discussion.

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Sample details we gave the AI

My name, role and employer: Maya Lindqvist, Marketing Manager at the fictional Cedarwheel Outdoors in Denver. 8 years in marketing. I am also applying for Head of Marketing at the fictional Northwind Bikes; this request is for my current employer only.
Manager to address: General Manager. Use the title, not a personal name.
Current salary and requested salary: $96,000 current annual base salary; requesting $108,000.
Results since the last pay review, with my contribution: Last review was December 2024. In 2025, I continued planning paid search campaigns and redesigning email journeys. In 2025 I introduced a shared campaign calendar so three marketers could see owners and dates in one place. For context, marketing, sales and product colleagues contributed to online sales rising from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025. This full-period result includes work before the review; do not present the whole increase as happening since it.
Responsibilities added since that review: Since March 2025, I have taken responsibility for the $450,000 annual marketing budget and the monthly marketing and sales planning review. I already led the three marketers at the last pay review.
Comparable pay evidence with dates: None.
Review timing and known budget context: Pay review meeting in October 2026. Budget position is unknown. If declined, I would like a review date in January 2027.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

General Manager, could we discuss increasing my annual base salary from $96,000 to $108,000 at my October 2026 pay review, based on my work since the last review and added budget and planning responsibilities?

General Manager, I’m requesting an increase in my annual base salary from $96,000 to $108,000. Since the December 2024 review, I’ve continued planning paid search campaigns and redesigning email journeys, and introduced a shared campaign calendar for three marketers. Since March 2025, I’ve also taken responsibility for the $450,000 annual marketing budget and monthly marketing and sales planning review. For context, online sales rose from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025, with contributions across marketing, sales and product. That comparison includes work before my last review.

General Manager, what results or responsibilities would justify an increase to $108,000? Could we agree on a review date in January 2027 to revisit my salary?

No comparable pay evidence was supplied.

Verdict Both give a meeting request, a spoken case and a refusal reply within the limits, addressed to the General Manager.

1.12

Write an interview follow-up

Use this when you want to thank an interviewer or check on a decision after the stated response date has passed.

Fill in the [brackets], then paste into ChatGPT or Claude.
Help me follow up on my interview.
Role and employer: [ROLE AND COMPANY]
Recipient and my signature: [RECIPIENT AND NAME]
Interview date and today's date: [DATES]
Discussion notes, including one specific detail: [INTERVIEW NOTES]
A relevant qualification and why I remain interested: [FIT AND INTEREST]
When they said they would respond: [TIMELINE OR NOT GIVEN]
Messages I have already sent: [PREVIOUS MESSAGES OR NONE]

If I have not sent a thank-you, write one email of 80 to 110 words, excluding subject, greeting and signature. Mention the supplied detail and confirm my interest without making promises. If I already thanked them and the response date has passed, write a status inquiry under 80 words. If their response date has not passed, recommend waiting and give the earliest sensible follow-up date instead of another email. If no timeline was given after a previous thank-you, suggest waiting one week from the interview, explaining that this is a suggested interval. If I gave a title and no name, use [NAME] in the greeting. Do not invent interview details, equate different activities without evidence, or imply an agreement. Ask for missing dates, notes or message history before writing; otherwise respond now. Return only the branch that applies: one email or the waiting recommendation, without extra timing advice after an email.

Use only the facts I supplied; add no names, titles, dates, factual numbers, sources, quotations or commitments. Follow-up dates may be calculated from my dates using the rules above. Use no em dashes anywhere. Give only the applicable email or waiting recommendation, with no extra notes, word counts, apologies or offers before or after it.

Why it works A specific interview detail makes the thank-you personal without adding invented rapport. Separate rules for a thank-you and a status inquiry help the reader respect the employer's response timeline.

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Sample details we gave the AI

Role and employer: Head of Marketing at Northwind Bikes, a fictional 120-person bicycle maker in Denver.
Recipient and my signature: Chief Executive, Northwind Bikes. Sign Maya Lindqvist.
Interview date and today's date: Interview 5 October 2026; today 6 October 2026.
Discussion notes, including one specific detail: We discussed improving the online buying journey and coordinating dealer and online campaigns. The chief executive said they want the marketing and sales leads to agree campaign priorities together each month. No promises about hiring or budgets were made.
A relevant qualification and why I remain interested: 8 years in marketing. At Cedarwheel Outdoors, I lead three marketers and work with sales on forecasts. My marketing work contributed to online sales growing from $2.1 million at the start of 2024 to $3.4 million at the end of 2025. I want to connect online growth with broader marketing direction for a physical product business.
When they said they would respond: By 12 October 2026.
Messages I have already sent: None.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT · one run in a fresh session · October 2026

Subject: Thank you for the Head of Marketing interview

Dear [NAME],

Thank you for discussing the Head of Marketing role at Northwind Bikes with me. I appreciated hearing that you want the marketing and sales leads to agree campaign priorities together each month.

At Cedarwheel Outdoors, I lead three marketers and work with sales on forecasts. My marketing work contributed to online sales growing from $2.1 million to $3.4 million between the start of 2024 and the end of 2025.

I remain interested in the opportunity to connect online growth with broader marketing direction for a physical product business, including improving the online buying journey and coordinating dealer and online campaigns.

Best regards,
Maya Lindqvist

Verdict Both write one thank-you email of the right length with the supplied detail, a [NAME] greeting, and no promises.

Each of the 132 prompts was run once on ChatGPT and once on Claude in a fresh session, then revised and run again as needed until both results passed the same checks. Those checks required no invented names, dates, numbers or commitments beyond the sample input, no em dashes, completion of the task as asked, and, in the two money categories, every calculation correct to the cent, recomputed in Python and audited a second time. Results in the ChatGPT and Claude apps can differ from the examples shown here. Check all AI output before using it. The money chapters are not financial advice.

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