{"id":"ind-job-offer-acceptance-email","audience":"job-seekers","category":"writing-emails","technique":"grounding","title":"Accept a job offer and confirm the exact terms","free":false,"task":"You're accepting a job offer by email. Keep it under 80 words, plain text: accept in the first sentence, then confirm the title, salary and the updated start date exactly as agreed, then ask one question about first-day logistics. Don't renegotiate or mention other offers, and don't add a long thank-you paragraph. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The offer and follow-up emails (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"OFFER EMAIL (Nov 3) - from Rachel Ostrowski, HR, Glenview Medical Supply (fictional)\n\"Hi Devon, we're pleased to offer you the position of Inside Sales Representative at a base salary of $56,000, plus commission per the attached plan. Start date: Monday, Dec 1. Please reply by Nov 10.\"\n\nFOLLOW-UP (Nov 5) - from Rachel\n\"Following your call with Mark, we've approved a base salary of $59,000. Also, since Dec 1 is the week of our sales kickoff offsite, can you start Monday, Dec 8 instead? Same title and commission plan.\"\n\nMY NOTES (Devon Price)\n- I'm accepting! Dec 8 works.\n- I still have a second interview at another company Thursday; I'll cancel it.\n- Questions I have: where do I park on day one? What time should I arrive?\n- Commission plan PDF: read it, it's fine.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 80 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"4 sentences, each under 18 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Burying the yes","why":"The AI opens with a long thank-you before accepting.","fix":"Add: \"First sentence: I accept.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Using the first terms","why":"The original offer lists $56,000 and Dec 1; the follow-up changed both.","fix":"Add: \"Confirm $59,000 and Monday, Dec 8.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Too many questions or extras","why":"The AI asks several questions or mentions cancelling the other interview.","fix":"Add: \"One logistics question. Don't mention other interviews.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Ignoring where it will be pasted","why":"AI loves bold and headings, which show up as stray ** and # symbols in the email.","fix":"Name the place and the format: \"For the email. Plain text, no bold or headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Accepts first","patterns":["first sentence","accept","lead with"]},{"label":"Uses the updated terms","patterns":["59,?000","dec(ember)? 8","updated","follow-?up"]},{"label":"Asks one question","patterns":["one question","single question","park","arrive"]},{"label":"Leaves out other interviews","patterns":["other (interview|offer)","don'?t mention","no renegotiat"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"An acceptance email is a written record of the terms. Tell the AI to say yes first, use the final numbers, and keep it to one question.","rubricLabels":["The first sentence (after any greeting) accepts the offer","Confirms Inside Sales Representative, $59,000 base salary (not $56,000) and a Monday, Dec 8 start (not Dec 1)","Asks exactly one logistics question (parking or arrival time, not both), with no renegotiation, no mention of other interviews, and no thank-you longer than one sentence"]}