Write a first job application with ChatGPT and get an interview invitation
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A poster says they used ChatGPT to write a job application for the first time one weekend and received an interview invitation shortly after.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Write a job application for a specific role, based only on my real experience. Fill in before running: - The job ad: [PASTE] - My CV or work history: [PASTE] - Why I want this job: [1-2 SENTENCES] Rules: - Match my experience to the main requirements in the ad. - Don't invent jobs, numbers or skills. - Keep it to one page in a natural, confident tone. - List any requirement I don't meet so I can decide how to address it. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A one-page application letter and a list of gaps. You'll know it worked when: the letter covers the ad's key requirements and sounds like me.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Write a job application for a specific role, based only on my real experience. Fill in before running: - The job ad: [PASTE] - My CV or work history: [PASTE] - Why I want this job: [1-2 SENTENCES] Rules: - Match my experience to the main requirements in the ad. - Don't invent jobs, numbers or skills. - Keep it to one page in a natural, confident tone. - List any requirement I don't meet so I can decide how to address it. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A one-page application letter and a list of gaps. You'll know it worked when: the letter covers the ad's key requirements and sounds like me.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Write a job application for a specific role, based only on my real experience. Fill in before running: - The job ad: [PASTE] - My CV or work history: [PASTE] - Why I want this job: [1-2 SENTENCES] Rules: - Match my experience to the main requirements in the ad. - Don't invent jobs, numbers or skills. - Keep it to one page in a natural, confident tone. - List any requirement I don't meet so I can decide how to address it. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Read it aloud and change anything you wouldn't say in an interview. Output: A one-page application letter and a list of gaps. You'll know it worked when: the letter covers the ad's key requirements and sounds like me. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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