{"id":"lead-hiring-plan-cfo-faq","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"advanced","technique":"verification","title":"Defend a hiring plan in a four-question FAQ for the CFO","free":false,"task":"The CFO will ask four questions about your plan to hire 2 support engineers. Write exactly 4 numbered questions (Q1: to Q4:) in this order: Why now? Why these roles? What does it cost? What if we don't? Answer each on the next line starting \"A:\". Show the cost math using the current salary band, plain text, under 220 words.","materialLabel":"Hiring plan notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Hiring plan draft - Platform Support (for CFO review Tuesday)\n\nAsk: 2 support engineers, start Feb.\nWhy now: ticket backlog grew from 140 to 410 in 6 months. Median resolution went from 2 days to 6 days. Two enterprise customers (Corvid Labs, Nimbus Freight) flagged it in renewal calls; together $520k ARR, both renew in April.\n\nCost (from last year's sheet): $110k salary each + 25% benefits.\nEmail from Recruiting (Helen), Nov 3: \"The support engineer band went up this cycle, midpoint is now $120k. Please use that.\"\nRecruiter fee: none, we hire in-house.\n\nWhy not cheaper options:\n- Contractors: tried in Q2, quality issues, 30% of tickets reopened.\n- Overtime: team already averaging 48 hrs/week, two people said they're burning out.\n\nAlso: Product wants a DevRel hire, separate request, not part of this.\nSomeone suggested we could automate tier-1 with a chatbot; no scoping done.","rules":[{"type":"questionCount","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":220},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using last year's numbers","why":"The AI uses the $110k salary that appears first in the notes.","fix":"Add: \"Use Helen's new midpoint of $120k.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Giving totals without math","why":"The AI states '$275k' with no working, so the CFO can't check it.","fix":"Ask: \"Show the math: $120k x 1.25 x 2 = ...\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not fixing the questions","why":"The AI writes its own FAQ in its own order.","fix":"List them: \"Q1: Why now? Q2: Why these roles? Q3: What does it cost? Q4: What if we don't?\"","checks":["r0","questionCount"]},{"title":"Losing the business case","why":"The AI talks about morale and forgets the $520k at risk.","fix":"Add: \"In Q4, name the $520k ARR renewing in April.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Formatting for a doc","why":"The AI bolds every question.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"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 part instead: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Lists the four questions","patterns":["why now","what if we don'?t","q1"]},{"label":"Uses the current band","patterns":["120","new (band|midpoint)","helen","current"]},{"label":"Shows the math","patterns":["math","x 1\\.25","benefits","show"]},{"label":"Names the risk","patterns":["520","renewal","corvid","nimbus"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold"]}],"hint":"A CFO checks the numbers first. Tell the AI the exact questions, which salary figure is current, and to show the cost math on the page.","rubricLabels":["The four questions appear in this order, labeled Q1: to Q4: (Why now? / Why these roles? / What does it cost? / What if we don't?), each followed by an answer line starting 'A:'","The cost answer uses the new $120k midpoint and shows the math (for example $120k x 1.25 = $150k each, x 2 = $300k a year), not the old $110k","'What if we don't?' cites the $520k ARR from Corvid Labs and Nimbus Freight renewing in April; the DevRel hire and chatbot are not presented as part of the plan"]}