{"id":"ind-job-30-60-90-plan","audience":"job-seekers","category":"applications","technique":"grounding","title":"Draft a 30-60-90 day plan tied to the job posting","free":false,"task":"Your final interview asks for a short 30-60-90 day plan. Write exactly 3 lines labeled \"30 days:\", \"60 days:\" and \"90 days:\", each with one goal you could measure, tied to a duty in the posting, under 75 words, plain text, no bullets. Claim no inside knowledge of the company beyond the posting and your notes. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The posting and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"JOB POSTING - Volunteer Program Coordinator - Riverbend Food Network (fictional)\nYou will:\n- Recruit and onboard volunteers for 3 warehouse shifts a week\n- Keep the volunteer database (VolunteerHub) up to date\n- Build relationships with 5 corporate volunteer partners\n- Track volunteer hours for grant reports (monthly)\n- Plan the annual Hunger Action Day (September)\n\nMY NOTES (Yara Haddad)\n- I've used VolunteerHub at my current job.\n- Ideas: learn the shift leads' names first; audit the database; meet each corporate partner; set up a monthly hours report.\n- The interviewer mentioned last time that \"our volunteer data is a mess\" and that 2 of the 5 corporate partners haven't sent volunteers this year.\n- I've read rumors on Glassdoor that the last coordinator quit after 4 months. Don't bring that up.\n- Final interview: Nov 18.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":75},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"mistakes":[{"title":"No fixed shape","why":"The AI writes a long plan with sub-bullets and an intro.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 lines: 30 days:, 60 days:, 90 days:. No bullets.\"","checks":["r0","maxBullets","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 75 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each line under 22 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Vague goals","why":"\"Get to know the team\" can't be measured.","fix":"Add: \"One measurable goal per line, tied to a posting duty.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Inventing insider facts","why":"The AI makes up the database size or repeats the Glassdoor rumor.","fix":"Add: \"Use only the posting and my notes. No rumors.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Shows the 3 labels","patterns":["30 days:","60 days:","90 days:","30-60-90"]},{"label":"Asks for measurable goals","patterns":["measurable","number","specific goal"]},{"label":"Ties to the posting","patterns":["posting","dut(y|ies)","tied to"]},{"label":"Rules out rumors","patterns":["rumor","glassdoor","inside knowledge","only (the )?(posting|notes)"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"A 30-60-90 plan impresses when it's specific and grounded. Give the AI the labels, ask for measurable goals, and keep rumors out.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly 3 lines starting with '30 days:', '60 days:' and '90 days:', with no bullets, title or closing","Each line has one measurable goal (with a number or a clear finish line, like 'audit all records in VolunteerHub' or 'meet all 5 corporate partners') tied to a duty in the posting","Claims no inside knowledge beyond the posting and notes (no made-up numbers about the organization), and doesn't mention Glassdoor or the last coordinator"]}