{"id":"career-informational-interview-questions","audience":"high-school","category":"career","technique":"context","track":"writing","title":"Prepare informational interview questions she hasn't answered yet","free":false,"task":"Your aunt set up a 20-minute call with her friend, an architect, so you can learn about the career. Get exactly 6 numbered questions, each under 15 words, plain text. Skip anything her bio already answers, put \"what would you do differently in high school\" first, and don't ask about salary: your counselor said to save that for later.","materialLabel":"Her bio and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"BIO (from the Calloway & Pratt Architects website)\nDana Whitfield, AIA, is a project architect at Calloway & Pratt, where she has worked for 9 years. She studied architecture at Bayview State (B.Arch, 5-year program) and passed the licensing exam in 2019. She leads school and library projects, including the new Fairview Public Library, which opens next spring.\n\nMY NOTES (Lila Park, 11th grade)\n- I like drawing and I'm in Geometry Honors, not sure if that's enough\n- I've never used design software, our school doesn't have CAD\n- worried architecture means no sleep in college? heard that from a cousin\n- don't know if I should take AP Physics or AP Art next year\n- the library project sounds really cool\n- Mom says ask how much she makes","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":6},{"type":"maxWords","max":110},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Getting a long generic list","why":"The AI returns 15 to 20 questions under headings, far more than fit in 20 minutes.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 6 numbered questions, each under 15 words.\"","checks":["numberedItems","maxWords"]},{"title":"Asking what the bio says","why":"The AI writes the usual 'Where did you study?' even though her bio already tells you.","fix":"Add: \"Skip anything her bio already answers.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not setting the order","why":"The AI starts with 'What does a typical day look like?', so your most useful question may not fit in time.","fix":"Add: \"Question 1: what she'd do differently in high school.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not ruling out salary","why":"Most AI lists include a pay question, which can feel awkward in a first call.","fix":"Add: \"No questions about salary or pay.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your notes app.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many questions","patterns":["\\b(6|six)\\b.{0,25}(question)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]},{"label":"Skips what the bio answers","patterns":["bio","already (answer|say|know)"]},{"label":"Sets the first question","patterns":["first","high school","differently"]},{"label":"Rules out salary","patterns":["salary","pay","money"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Twenty minutes goes fast. Tell the AI how many questions, what's already in her bio, which question comes first and which topic to skip.","rubricLabels":["Question 1 asks what she would do differently, or recommend doing, in high school","No question asks something the bio already answers (where she studied, how many years she has been at the firm, or whether or when she got licensed)","No question asks about salary, pay or how much she earns"]}