{"id":"pro-job-application-status-board","audience":"job-seekers","category":"summarizing","technique":"format","title":"Turn a week of recruiter emails into a status board","free":false,"task":"You've applied to four companies and this week's emails are piling up. You want exactly 4 numbered lines, one per company, each as Company - status - next step by date, under 60 words, plain text. When a company sent two emails, use the latest one, and mark any rejection as Closed with no next step. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"This week's emails (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Inbox - week of Nov 10\n\nMon - Harbor Lane Insurance (talent team):\n\"Thanks for applying to the Claims Assistant role! We'd like to schedule a 30-min phone screen. Please pick a time on the link by Thu Nov 13.\"\n\nMon - Quillfeather Publishing:\n\"Your application for Editorial Assistant has been received. We review applications on a rolling basis.\"\n\nTue - Brightmoor Hospital (HR):\n\"We'd like to invite you to a panel interview for Patient Access Rep on Fri Nov 21 at 1pm. Please confirm by Mon Nov 17.\"\n\nWed - Quillfeather Publishing:\n\"Thank you for your interest. After careful review, we've decided to move forward with other candidates.\"\n\nThu - Elm Street Credit Union:\n\"Hi! Following up on your Member Services application - could you send two references by Tue Nov 18?\"\n\nThu - Harbor Lane Insurance:\n\"Confirming your phone screen with Dana Cho on Mon Nov 17 at 10am. She'll call your cell.\"\n\nFri - Newsletter: \"10 tips to ace your interview!\"","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the first email","why":"The AI reports Harbor Lane's first email and asks you to pick a time you already picked.","fix":"Add: \"When a company sent two emails, use the latest.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the rejection","why":"The AI lists Quillfeather as 'under review' from the first email.","fix":"Add: \"Mark rejections as Closed with no next step.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Dropping the dates","why":"The AI writes next steps without deadlines.","fix":"Add: \"Every next step ends with its date.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Letting the AI pick the layout","why":"The AI writes a table or long summary by day.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines, one per company. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 60 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each line under 10 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b"]},{"label":"Uses the latest email","patterns":["latest","most recent","two emails","newest"]},{"label":"Marks rejections","patterns":["closed","reject","turned down"]},{"label":"Asks for next step dates","patterns":["next step","by date","deadline"]},{"label":"One line per company","patterns":["per company","one line (for )?each","\\b(4|four) (lines|companies)"]}],"hint":"A status board shows where each application stands now. Tell the AI to use the latest email per company and how to mark rejections.","rubricLabels":["Has one line each for Harbor Lane, Brightmoor, Elm Street and Quillfeather, each giving company, status and next step with date (except Closed)","Harbor Lane shows the latest email: phone screen confirmed Mon Nov 17, 10am with Dana Cho (not 'pick a time by Nov 13'); Quillfeather is marked Closed with no next step","Brightmoor's next step is confirming the Nov 21 panel interview by Nov 17, Elm Street's is sending two references by Nov 18, and the newsletter is left out"]}