Eighteen prompts for the whole job hunt — tailoring your resume to each posting, cover letters that don't sound like a robot, interview prep, and salary negotiation.
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Here's my resume and a job description. Rewrite my resume's summary and bullet points to match this specific role: mirror the language and priorities in the posting, lead each bullet with impact, and quantify where my notes allow. Don't invent anything — only reframe what's true.
Resume:
Job description:
Turn my duties into achievement bullets
Turn these job duties into achievement-focused resume bullets using the format 'action verb + what I did + measurable result.' Where I don't have a number, help me find a credible way to show impact without one. Keep each to one line.
Duties:
Write a resume summary / headline
Write 3 versions of a professional summary for the top of my resume, targeting {{role}}. Each 2-3 sentences: what I am, my strongest relevant proof, and what I'm looking to do next. Confident, specific, no buzzwords like 'results-driven' or 'passionate.'
My background:
Fix a resume gap or career change
Help me frame {{gap / career change}} on my resume and in interviews. Give me an honest, confident one-to-two-sentence explanation that focuses forward (what I learned / why the switch makes sense) without sounding defensive or over-explaining.
Context:
Cover Letters
Write a cover letter for a specific job
Write a cover letter for this job using my background below. Open with genuine specificity about the company or role (not 'I am writing to apply'), connect my 2 strongest relevant experiences to what they need, and close with confidence. Under 300 words, human not robotic.
Job:
My background:
Shorten and de-robotify a cover letter
Here's my cover letter draft. Cut it by a third, remove every cliché and stiff phrase, and make it sound like a real person who's genuinely a good fit — while keeping it professional.
Draft:
Cold email to a hiring manager
Write a short cold email to a hiring manager at {{company}} expressing interest in {{role}}. Lead with something specific about them or their team, one sentence on why I'm a strong fit with proof, and a low-pressure ask. Under 120 words — this is a door-opener, not the whole pitch.
Interview Prep
Predict likely interview questions
Based on this job description, list the 12 questions I'm most likely to be asked, grouped into behavioral, role-specific, and 'culture fit.' For each, note in one line what the interviewer is really trying to learn.
Job description:
Build a STAR answer for a behavioral question
Help me build a STAR-method answer to '{{question}}' using this experience: {{experience}}. Structure it as Situation, Task, Action, Result — tight, specific, and ending on a measurable or concrete outcome. Then give me a 30-second version and a 90-second version.
Answer 'tell me about yourself'
Help me craft a 60-90 second 'tell me about yourself' answer for a {{role}} interview. Present > past > future structure: who I am now, the relevant path that got me here, and why this role is the logical next step. Confident, not a life story.
My background:
Answer 'what's your greatest weakness'
Help me answer 'what's your greatest weakness' honestly without torpedoing myself. Pick a real one from what I tell you, show self-awareness, and — most importantly — show the concrete thing I'm doing about it. No fake weaknesses like 'I work too hard.'
About me:
Practice questions to ask the interviewer
Give me 8 thoughtful questions to ask at the end of an interview for {{role}} at {{company}} that make me look genuinely interested and sharp — about the team, the role's challenges, and success in the first 90 days. Avoid anything easily Googled.
Mock interview with feedback
Act as an interviewer for a {{role}} position. Ask me one question at a time, wait for my answer, then give brief honest feedback (what was strong, what to tighten) before the next question. Start with the first question now.
Networking & Follow-up
Post-interview thank-you note
Write a short thank-you email after an interview for {{role}}. Reference one specific thing we discussed, reaffirm my fit in one line, and keep it warm and brief. Under 100 words.
LinkedIn connection request to someone in my field
Write a LinkedIn connection note to {{person/role}} at {{company}}. Specific reason for reaching out, no generic 'I'd like to add you,' and no immediate ask for a job. Under 300 characters.
Ask for a referral without being awkward
Help me write a message asking {{contact}} for a referral or intro at {{company}} for {{role}}. Make it easy for them to say yes: remind them how we know each other, be specific about the role, and offer to send anything they'd need (resume, blurb). No guilt, low pressure.
Offer & Negotiation
Negotiate a salary offer
Help me write a response to a job offer of {{offer}} for {{role}} where I'd like to negotiate to {{target}}. Enthusiastic about the role first, then a confident, specific ask backed by one reason (market rate, competing offer, scope), and flexibility on non-salary levers if they can't move on base.
Decline an offer gracefully
Write a message declining a job offer for {{role}} at {{company}} professionally. Grateful, brief, no burned bridges — leave the door open for the future without over-explaining my reason.
Tips
Always paste the real job description. Resume and cover-letter prompts get their power from mirroring the exact posting — a generic run produces generic output.
Never let it invent experience. Ask it to reframe and quantify what's true; then read every line against reality before you send it.
Save the resume-tailoring and STAR prompts in PromptDock. You'll run these on every single application — insert them with // and just change the job and story each time.
Insert these with two keystrokes instead of copy-paste
Download the pack, import it once into PromptDock, and every prompt above is // away inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and 7 more — with fill-in-the-blank {{variables}} that ask for the specifics as they insert.
Only if you let it — these prompts explicitly tell it to reframe what's true, not invent. Always review output against reality; the goal is better wording of real experience, not fabrication.
Should I paste the full job description?
Yes. Tailoring prompts work far better with the actual posting pasted in — the model mirrors the exact skills and language the employer is screening for.
Can I reuse these for every application?
That's the point. Save them in PromptDock and insert each with // — then just swap the {{job}} and {{background}} variables for each new application instead of starting from scratch.