{"id":"life-job-relocation-moving-compare","audience":"job-seekers","category":"everyday-life","track":"life","technique":"examples","title":"Compare movers and a rental truck after reimbursement","free":false,"task":"You accepted a job in another city and your new employer reimburses some moving costs. Compare hiring movers with renting a truck. Get exactly 3 numbered lines in plain text, under 80 words: 1. movers, total minus reimbursement = your cost; 2. truck, same shape; 3. which costs you less and by how much. Use the corrected reimbursement cap and add no advice. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Quotes and the offer letter (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"OPTION A - FULL-SERVICE MOVERS (Swift Pines Moving, fictional)\nPacking and loading: $1,400\nTransport (420 miles): $1,600\nTotal quote: $3,000\n\nOPTION B - RENT A TRUCK (Roadline Rentals, fictional)\n16-ft truck, one way: $900\nFuel estimate: $250\nMoving helpers, 2 hours load + 2 hours unload: $400\nTotal: $1,550\n\nOFFER LETTER EXCERPT (Kestrel Analytics, fictional):\n\"Kestrel will reimburse documented moving expenses up to $2,000.\"\n\nHR EMAIL (Nov 3): \"Correction to your offer letter: the relocation reimbursement cap for your level is $1,500, not $2,000. Also note that only the moving company or truck rental charge is eligible. Fuel and hired helpers are not reimbursed.\"\n\nMY NOTES\n- Start date Dec 1.\n- Dad says movers are \"always worth it\" because of your back.\n- Need to keep all receipts.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old cap","why":"The AI uses the offer letter's $2,000 and misses HR's correction.","fix":"Add: \"Use HR's corrected cap of $1,500.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing what's eligible","why":"The AI subtracts the full cap from the truck total, though fuel and helpers aren't covered.","fix":"Add: \"Only the rental charge is reimbursed, not fuel or helpers.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No math shown","why":"The AI gives the costs without the subtraction.","fix":"Show it: \"1. Movers: $3,000 - $1,500 = $1,500\".","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Getting advice","why":"The AI echoes your dad and weighs comfort and time.","fix":"Add: \"Line 3 only says which costs less and by how much. No advice.\"","checks":["r2","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 80 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"each line under 16 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the corrected cap","patterns":["\\$?1,?500","correct","hr"]},{"label":"Shows the math","patterns":["minus","subtract","show.{0,15}(math|work)"]},{"label":"Rules out advice","patterns":["no advice","numbers only","don'?t recommend"]},{"label":"Sets the number of lines","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,20}(lines?|numbered|items?|steps?)"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Reimbursement changes everything here. Tell the AI which cap is current, show it the shape of each line, and keep the verdict to numbers.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 gives the movers' cost to you as $1,500 ($3,000 - $1,500), using the corrected $1,500 cap, not $2,000","Line 2 gives the truck's cost to you as $650, because only the $900 rental is reimbursed ($1,550 - $900), not $50 from subtracting the full cap","Line 3 says the truck costs $850 less out of pocket, and the answer gives no advice about which to choose"]}