{"id":"dat-job-openings-coach-weights","audience":"job-seekers","category":"decisions","technique":"context","title":"Rank job openings with your career coach's weights","free":false,"task":"You can only send one tailored application this week. Your career coach told you to weigh salary fit 40%, growth 40% and commute 20%. Write exactly 3 numbered lines, one per opening, each showing every score x weight and the total, then one unnumbered last line: Apply first: [company]. Plain text, under 90 words.","materialLabel":"Your scoring sheet (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"JOB OPENINGS - my scores (1-5, higher is better)\n\nCompany | Role | Salary fit | Commute | Growth\nKestrel Logistics | Ops Coordinator | 3 | 5 | 3\nLumen Health | Patient Access Lead | 5 | 2 | 4\nOrchard Supply | Inventory Analyst | 4 | 4 | 3\n\nNotes:\n- Lumen posting closes Friday.\n- Kestrel is a 10-minute walk; Lumen is 50 minutes by bus.\n- Orchard's hiring manager went to my college.\n- I already have a referral at Kestrel (could help, but not in the scores).\n- My friend says \"always apply where you have a referral.\" Not my coach's advice.\n- Application takes about 3 hours each with a tailored cover letter.\n- If I average the scores evenly, all three come out the same.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the weights","why":"Equal weights tie all three, so the AI picks on the referral or a hunch.","fix":"Add: \"Salary fit 40%, growth 40%, commute 20%.\"","checks":["r0","r1","r2"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"You'll want to see why one wins.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. Kestrel: 3 x 0.4 = 1.2, 5 x 0.2 = 1.0, 3 x 0.4 = 1.2; total 3.4\"","checks":["numberedItems","r0"]},{"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 line: \"each line under 22 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in your job tracker.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the weights","patterns":["40\\s*%|0\\.4","20\\s*%|0\\.2","weight"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Asks for one pick","patterns":["apply first","pick","which one"]},{"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":"Without weights, the scores tie. Give the AI your coach's weights and ask for the math before the pick.","rubricLabels":["Kestrel is 3 x 0.4 + 3 x 0.4 + 5 x 0.2 = 3.4 and Orchard is 4 x 0.4 + 3 x 0.4 + 4 x 0.2 = 3.6","Lumen is 5 x 0.4 + 4 x 0.4 + 2 x 0.2 = 4.0","The last line picks Lumen Health, not the referral at Kestrel, with nothing before the first numbered line"]}