Apply to a job with ChatGPT agent (small-button trouble)

Posted

Jul 26, 2025 by cogsec (@affaan)

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Last checked

Oct 16, 2026

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Method:

How we verify

Evidence: Shown on videoThe source includes a video or screen recording of the agent doing the task.

Outcome

Testing ChatGPT agent on a real job application (to OpenAI), the poster found it much better than the earlier Operator but it struggled to click small buttons; they rated Manus as slightly ahead at times.

Agent

ChatGPT agent

Strengthened by us to avoid the problem in the source. Not tested by the poster. It doesn't change what happened in the source.

Here's a task I'd like your help with. Read it all the way through before you start.

Goal: Fill in a job application for me using my resume, ready for me to review.

Check with me first: Which job (link), and do I have my resume and answers to common questions ready?

What I'll give you:
- The job posting link
- My resume (file or text)
- Answers to likely questions: work authorisation, salary, notice period, links

Rules:
- Fill each field from my resume or my answers. If something isn't covered, ask me.
- If a button or checkbox doesn't respond, try once more, scroll or zoom, then tell me which one so I can click it.
- If the site needs a login or captcha, pause and let me handle it.
- Don't invent experience or answers.
- Stop before submitting so I can review.

Output: The application filled in up to the submit button, plus a list of fields you weren't sure about or couldn't click.

If anything here is unclear or missing, ask me instead of guessing.

You'll know it worked when: the form is complete and accurate, and I only need to review and submit.

Apply to this job for me.

Here's a task I'd like your help with. Read it all the way through before you start.

Goal: Fill in a job application from my resume, ready for my review.

Quick check first: tell me if anything below is missing or unclear.

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Job link
- Resume
- Answers to common questions
- Cover letter, if needed

Rules:
- Use resume facts only.
- Zoom in or use keyboard navigation for small buttons.
- Check each field after typing.
- Save draft.
- Don't guess dates or titles; leave a note if the resume lacks one.
- Upload the resume file in the format the form asks for.
- Never submit; stop for my review.
- List questions you couldn't answer.
- Take a screenshot of each page before moving on.
- If a button won't click after two tries, stop and tell me which one.
- Match answers to the exact job title and company.

What went wrong before, and how to avoid it:
- Last time it struggled with small buttons: use zoom or keyboard navigation.

Checkpoint: Stop before submit.

If you get stuck: If a button can't be clicked after two tries, use keyboard tab/enter, then ask me. If a login, CAPTCHA or two-step code appears, stop and ask me to handle it; never guess or store passwords.

Verify before you finish: Review the full application.

Output: Filled application summary.

Done when: the application is complete and accurate.

Source

https://x.com/affaan/status/1949007302193029325