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4 prompts that handle the hard parts of your job search

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4 prompts that handle the hard parts of your job search
1. Tailor your resume. Rewriting your resume for each job listing takes forever. Paste the job posting and your resume, then ask for the exact rewrite to match it.

1. Tailor your resume

Here is a job posting: [paste it]. Here is my current resume: [paste it]. Rewrite my resume's bullet points to use the same keywords and priorities as the posting, without inventing experience I don't have.

Works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini — no paid plan required.

Rewriting your resume for each job listing takes forever. Paste the job posting and your resume, then ask for the exact rewrite to match it.

Try it: use a real posting you're applying to, and remove your phone number and address first.

2. Draft the cover letter. A blank cover letter is a common stall point. Give it your resume, the posting, and one reason the role fits, then ask for a first draft to edit.

2. Draft the cover letter

Here's the job posting: [paste it]. Here's my resume: [paste it]. I'm drawn to this role because [your one honest reason]. Write a 3-paragraph cover letter draft I can edit, in a natural, not overly formal, tone.

Free on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini alike.

A blank cover letter is a common stall point. Give it your resume, the posting, and one reason the role fits, then ask for a first draft to edit.

Try it: keep your 'why' honest — vague flattery is easy to spot.

3. Prep the interview. A lot of interview nerves come from surprise questions. Paste the job posting and ask for the 8 most likely questions, then answer them out loud before the real thing.

3. Prep the interview

Here's the job posting: [paste it]. Based on this role, list the 8 interview questions I'm most likely to get, mixing behavioral and role-specific. For each, add one thing a strong answer would mention.

Works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini (free tiers); all three mobile apps have a voice mode for practicing out loud.

A lot of interview nerves come from surprise questions. Paste the job posting and ask for the 8 most likely questions, then answer them out loud before the real thing.

Try it: answer out loud, not just in your head — it's a different skill.

4. Ask for a fair range. Negotiating feels vague without a number. Ask it to estimate a fair range for the role, your city and your experience, then draft the exact sentence to say.

4. Ask for a fair range

I'm negotiating an offer for [job title] in [your city], with [X years] of experience. Give me a realistic base salary range to ask for, and a short sentence I can say to counter the current offer. Say how confident you are in the range and what sources I should check it against.

Works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini (free tiers).

Negotiating feels vague without a number. Ask it to estimate a fair range for the role, your city and your experience, then draft the exact sentence to say.

Try it: check the range against the posting's listed pay or a salary site before you use it.

One extra trick for all four. Every prompt above gets sharper when you paste the actual job posting, not a summary — the exact words the employer used are what make the output specific.

One extra trick for all four

Every prompt above gets sharper when you paste the actual job posting, not a summary — the exact words the employer used are what make the output specific.

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