{"id":"pro-job-interview-morning-plan","audience":"job-seekers","category":"planning","technique":"context","title":"Plan the night before and morning of a moved-up interview","free":false,"task":"Your in-person interview just moved an hour earlier, and you want a plan for the night before and the morning of. You want exactly 6 numbered lines in time order, each starting with a time, under 80 words, plain text. Work the morning times back from the new interview time using your commute and arrive-early notes, and include only tasks from your notes, no generic interview tips. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Interview: Field Operations Coordinator - Greenline Utilities\nWed Nov 19, 10:00 am, 400 Harbor Blvd, 3rd floor\n\nEmail from recruiter (Mon): \"Hi Sam, small change - can we move your interview to 9:00 am Wednesday? Same place. Thanks!\" I replied yes.\n\nMy notes:\n- Commute: 40 min by bus (Route 12). Want to arrive 15 min early.\n- Tue night 8pm: print 3 copies of resume at the library before it closes at 9\n- Tue night: lay out the navy blazer outfit\n- Tue 10pm: re-read the job posting + my 3 STAR stories\n- Wed morning: need 45 min to shower, dress, eat\n- Bring: resume copies, ID for building check-in, notepad\n\nIdeas from a blog I read (not sure):\n- \"Power pose for 2 minutes\"\n- \"Research the interviewer's hobbies\"\n\nAlso need to pay phone bill Thursday.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":6},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old time","why":"The 10:00 time is at the top of your notes, so the AI plans around it.","fix":"Add: \"The interview is now 9:00. Work the morning back from 9:00.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not doing the time math","why":"The AI guesses a wake-up time instead of counting back from the commute.","fix":"Add: \"Arrive 15 min early, 40 min bus, 45 min to get ready.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Letting the AI add tips","why":"The AI loves generic advice like power poses and mock answers.","fix":"Add: \"Only tasks from my notes. No general interview tips.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Letting the AI pick the layout","why":"The AI writes a long checklist with bold sections.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 6 numbered lines, each starting with a time. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","r0"]},{"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 instead: \"each line under 9 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(6|six)\\b"]},{"label":"Uses the new time","patterns":["9:00","9 ?am","moved","new time"]},{"label":"Works back the times","patterns":["back from","commute","40 min","15 min early"]},{"label":"Bans generic tips","patterns":["only.{0,30}(notes|tasks)","no (generic|general) (tips|advice)","don't add"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"The interview moved, so the morning moves too. Give the AI the new time, the commute math, and tell it to skip outside tips.","rubricLabels":["Lines are in time order, each starting with a time, covering Tuesday night and Wednesday morning","Morning times are worked back from the new 9:00 interview: arrive 8:45, leave by 8:05, start getting ready by 7:20 (no 10:00 interview times)","Every task comes from the notes (no power pose, interviewer research or other generic tips), and the phone bill is left out"]}