{"id":"ind-job-rejection-reply","audience":"job-seekers","category":"writing-emails","technique":"tone","title":"Reply to a job rejection and ask about the upcoming role","free":false,"task":"You just got a rejection email that mentions a similar role opening soon. Reply in at most 3 sentences, plain text: thank the recruiter for rescheduling your interview when your son was sick, ask to be considered for the upcoming role by its exact title, and say nothing about why you weren't chosen. No disappointment, no requests for feedback, no sign-off longer than your first name. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The rejection email and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"FROM: Grace Oyelowo, Talent Team, Meridian Health Systems (fictional)\n\"Hi Luis, thank you for interviewing for the Patient Experience Specialist role. The panel enjoyed your story about redesigning the waiting room survey. We've decided to move forward with a candidate whose background more closely matches the role. We'll be posting a Patient Experience Coordinator role (Req #PX-3310) in early December, and I'd encourage you to keep an eye out for it. Best, Grace\"\n\nMY NOTES (Luis Fontaine)\n- I'm bummed. Was hoping for this one.\n- Want to know what the other candidate had that I didn't.\n- The Coordinator role is a bit more junior but I'd take it.\n- Grace rescheduled my interview when my son was sick.\n- I'm also waiting on two other applications.","rules":[{"type":"maxSentences","max":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Writing too much","why":"The AI writes a full paragraph of thanks, hopes and well-wishes.","fix":"Add: \"At most 3 sentences.\"","checks":["maxSentences"]},{"title":"Generic thanks or vague interest","why":"\"Thank you for the opportunity\" and \"keep me in mind\" are what everyone writes.","fix":"Add: \"Thank her for rescheduling my interview. Name the Patient Experience Coordinator role.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"A formal sign-off","why":"The AI ends with \"Best regards, Luis Fontaine\" plus contact lines.","fix":"Add: \"Sign off with just 'Luis'.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Asking why","why":"The AI asks for feedback or says you're disappointed, which reads as pushback.","fix":"Add: \"Don't ask why or for feedback. No disappointment.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Adding formatting","why":"Bold or headings look odd in a short email reply.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text only.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Thanks one specific thing","patterns":["specific","one thing","reschedul","survey"]},{"label":"Names the upcoming role","patterns":["coordinator","px-3310","upcoming role","exact title"]},{"label":"Rules out asking why","patterns":["don'?t ask (why|for feedback)","feedback","why"]},{"label":"Limits the sentences","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,10}sentences?","sentences?.{0,10}\\b(3|three)\\b"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"A gracious, specific reply can turn a no into the next interview. Tell the AI what to thank, which role to name, and what not to ask.","rubricLabels":["Thanks Grace specifically for rescheduling his interview when his son was sick, and asks to be considered for the Patient Experience Coordinator role by its exact title","Signs off with just 'Luis' on its own (no 'Best regards', 'Sincerely', full name or contact details)","Doesn't ask why he wasn't chosen or for feedback, expresses no disappointment, and doesn't mention other applications"]}