{"id":"dat-job-application-source-rates","audience":"job-seekers","category":"data","technique":"verification","title":"Find which job search channel actually gets you interviews","free":false,"task":"You've tracked your job applications by source and want to know where to spend next week's 10 hours. Write exactly 4 numbered lines, one per source, each showing interviews ÷ applications = % (whole percent), then one unnumbered sentence saying where to focus. Apply your own note about the fake interview, plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Your job search tracker (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"JOB SEARCH TRACKER - Sept 1 to Oct 31 (Maya R.)\n\nSource | Applications | Interviews\nLinkedIn Easy Apply | 40 | 2\nReferrals from friends | 6 | 3\nCompany career sites | 18 | 3\nCampus job fair | 5 | 1\n\nMy notes:\n- One of the \"company career site\" interviews was really a recorded quiz with no human. That doesn't count as an interview.\n- Easy Apply takes about 5 minutes per application. Referrals take forever (coffee chats, follow-ups).\n- Career sites: 30-45 min each because of the custom forms.\n- Got an offer? Not yet. The Brightwell second round is next Tuesday.\n- Rachel says recruiters ignore Easy Apply now. Not sure that's true, she just read it somewhere.\n- Job fair was a one-time thing; next one is in March.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Ignoring your own note","why":"The AI counts the recorded quiz as an interview and gives career sites 17%.","fix":"Add: \"Company sites had 2 real interviews, not 3: the quiz doesn't count.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not showing the division","why":"With bare percentages you can't tell which numbers the AI used.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. LinkedIn: 2 ÷ 40 = 5%\"","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Getting advice instead of an answer","why":"The AI writes a long job-hunting essay and repeats rumors as advice.","fix":"Add: \"Then one sentence on where to focus. Use only my tracker.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part: \"each line under 10 words, one closing sentence under 20 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in your notes app.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Applies the quiz note","patterns":["quiz","doesn'?t count|not count","2 (real )?interviews"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,20}(lines|sources)","numbered"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"Your own note changes one number. Ask the AI to show each division so you can check it, then give one sentence of advice.","rubricLabels":["Interview rates are correct and shown as interviews ÷ applications: LinkedIn 5%, Referrals 50%, Company sites 11% (2 ÷ 18, after dropping the recorded quiz), Job fair 20%","The focus sentence comes after the four lines and recommends referrals as the main place to spend time","Does not repeat Rachel's rumor about recruiters ignoring Easy Apply as a fact, and adds no intro or closing chatter"]}