{"id":"career-compare-internship-offers-math","audience":"college","category":"career","technique":"format","track":"writing","title":"Compare two internship offers with the math shown","free":false,"task":"You have two summer internship offers and must answer by Friday. Your top priority is money left at the end of summer, then mentoring. Get exactly 4 numbered lines, under 110 words, plain text: line 1 shows Offer A's pay minus costs, line 2 shows Offer B's, line 3 compares mentoring, and line 4 starts \"Pick:\" with one offer and the reason. Use the latest pay in the recruiter emails.","materialLabel":"The two offers (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"OFFER A: Ridgeway Labs, Denver (in person)\n- Data intern, $22/hour, 40 hours a week, 10 weeks (400 hours)\n- I'd need a summer sublet: $1,200 a month for 2.5 months = $3,000 total\n- Assigned mentor, weekly 1:1, interns present to the VP at the end\n- Free lunch Fridays\n\nOFFER B: Corvale Health Tech (remote)\n- Data intern, $18/hour, 40 hours a week, 10 weeks (400 hours)\n- I'd live at home with my parents, no rent\n- Mentor: \"team lead available for questions,\" no set meetings\n- Recruiter email, Tuesday: \"Good news, we've approved $19/hour for your offer.\"\n\nMY NOTES (Owen Patel)\n- Ridgeway's office looks really cool in the photos\n- my friend says Denver is fun in summer\n- taxes: ignore for now, same for both\n- need to reply to both by Friday 5 p.m.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":110},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not stating your priority","why":"Without your priority, the AI lists pros and cons and ends with 'it depends on your goals'.","fix":"Add: \"Money left at the end matters most, then mentoring. Pick one.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Missing the raise","why":"The AI may use $18/hour from the offer line and skip the recruiter's later email.","fix":"Add: \"Use $19/hour for Offer B, from the Tuesday email.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Hiding the math","why":"The AI states totals without the steps, so you can't spot a missed cost like rent.","fix":"Show it: \"1. Offer A: $22 x 400 = $8,800 - $3,000 rent = $5,800\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Getting a long comparison","why":"AI comparisons come as tables and paragraphs, not 4 lines you can decide from.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines, each under 25 words.\"","checks":["numberedItems","maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in a text to your parents.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"States your priority","patterns":["priorit","money left","matters most","take.?home"]},{"label":"Uses the latest pay","patterns":["\\$?19","raise","latest","tuesday"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show.{0,15}(math|work|calculation)","\\bx\\b","minus","subtract"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}(line|item)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"A comparison is only useful when it uses your priority, the latest numbers and visible math. Tell the AI all three, and ask it to pick.","rubricLabels":["Offer A's line shows pay of $8,800 minus $3,000 housing, leaving $5,800","Offer B's line uses $19/hour (not $18), showing $7,600 with no housing cost","Line 4 starts with 'Pick:' and picks Offer B, giving money left at the end of summer as the reason"]}