{"id":"ind-job-portfolio-project-blurb","audience":"job-seekers","category":"applications","technique":"grounding","title":"Describe a portfolio project honestly, with your real role","free":false,"task":"You're adding a project to your portfolio site. Write exactly 3 sentences, under 70 words, plain text: what the project was and your actual role in the first sentence, what you did in the second, and the result with its number in the third. Use the final numbers, and don't claim you led it, since you co-ran it with a teammate. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your project notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PROJECT NOTES - \"Spring Back\" email campaign, Alder & Pine Outdoor (fictional), March-April 2026\nTeam: me and Rafael; our manager Kim approved everything.\n\nWhat I did:\n- Wrote the subject lines and tested 3 versions on 10% of the list first\n- Built the 4-email sequence in Klaviyo\n- Rafael did the design and the discount strategy\n\nResults:\n- Early report (Apr 15): open rate 38%, revenue $42,000\n- Final report (May 2): open rate 34%, revenue $36,500\n- Previous spring campaign: 26% open rate\n\nOther:\n- Kim called it \"the best spring campaign we've run.\"\n- I'm applying for email marketing roles.","rules":[{"type":"maxSentences","max":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Writing too much","why":"The AI writes a full case study with headings.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 3 sentences.\"","checks":["maxSentences"]},{"title":"Overclaiming the role","why":"The AI writes \"I led a campaign\" because it sounds stronger.","fix":"Add: \"I co-ran it with a teammate; don't say I led it.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Taking credit for others' work","why":"The AI includes the design and discount strategy, which Rafael did.","fix":"Add: \"Only what I did: subject line tests and the sequence build.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Using early numbers","why":"The early report's bigger numbers appear first.","fix":"Add: \"Use the final report: 34% open rate, $36,500.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Adding formatting","why":"Portfolio editors often paste bold and headings badly.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text only.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names your real role","patterns":["co-?(owner|ran|led)","teammate","not (say )?led","my role"]},{"label":"Uses final numbers","patterns":["final","34%","36,?500","not the early"]},{"label":"Limits the sentences","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,10}sentences?"]},{"label":"Sticks to what you did","patterns":["what i did","only (my|what i)","rafael"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Portfolios get checked in interviews. Tell the AI your real role, what was yours, and which numbers are final.","rubricLabels":["The first sentence names the Spring Back email campaign and describes her role as co-owner or co-ran it with a teammate (never 'led', 'headed' or 'owned' alone)","The second sentence says what she did: wrote and tested subject lines on 10% of the list and/or built the 4-email sequence, without claiming the design or discount strategy","The third sentence gives final results: 34% open rate (vs. 26% the previous spring) and/or $36,500 revenue, never the early 38% or $42,000"]}