{"id":"pro-job-interview-trip-budget","audience":"job-seekers","category":"planning","technique":"constraints","title":"Plan an out-of-town interview trip under a $250 budget","free":false,"task":"You have a final-round interview in another city, and the company pays only your flight. You want a plan for your own costs: exactly 4 numbered lines (hotel, getting around, food, total), each showing its math in dollars, with the total at or under $250, under 80 words, plain text. Count the hotel's extra fee and use only options from your notes. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your trip notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Final interview - Cobalt Ridge Partners, Denver office - Wed Nov 12, 10am-2pm\nCompany books + pays for my flight (arrive Tue 6pm, leave Wed 6pm). Everything else is on me. My budget: $250 max.\n\nHotel options (1 night, Tue):\n- The Larkspur (2 blocks from office): $189/night + $35 \"destination fee\" per night\n- Union Station Inn (15 min train from office): $119/night, no fees\n- Airport Hub Hotel: $98/night, but 45 min to the office\n\nGetting around:\n- Airport train to downtown: $10.50 each way\n- Rideshare airport to downtown: about $55 each way\n- Union Station Inn to office: walk or $3 train\n\nFood:\n- Lunch is provided during the interview.\n- Tue dinner: about $25. Wed breakfast: about $15. Airport dinner Wed: about $20.\n\nOther:\n- Recruiter said \"dress is business casual.\"\n- Thinking about buying a new blazer? ($120, probably not)\n- Friend Jo says the Larkspur is \"so worth it.\"","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not showing the math","why":"The AI gives a final number without the steps, so you can't check it.","fix":"Add: \"Show the math on each line, like '$10.50 x 2 = $21'.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the hidden fee","why":"The AI uses the headline hotel price and skips the destination fee.","fix":"Add: \"Include all hotel fees and keep the total at or under $250.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Inventing prices","why":"The AI fills in typical costs for taxis or meals instead of using yours.","fix":"Add: \"Use only options and prices from my notes.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Letting the AI pick the layout","why":"The AI writes a long budget table with bold headings.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines: hotel, getting around, food, total. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","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 instead: \"each line under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b"]},{"label":"Sets the budget","patterns":["250","budget"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the )?math","x \\d","\\d\\s*x","calculat"]},{"label":"Mentions the fees","patterns":["fee","hidden","extra"]},{"label":"Stays inside the notes","patterns":["only.{0,30}(notes|options|prices)","don't (invent|add)"]}],"hint":"Budgets go wrong in the fine print. Tell the AI the budget, ask it to show the math on each line, and warn it about extra fees.","rubricLabels":["Lines cover hotel, getting around, food and total, in that order, and each shows its dollar math (for example '$10.50 x 2 = $21')","The total is correct for the chosen options and at or under $250; if The Larkspur is picked, its $35 fee is counted (which puts it over budget)","Uses only options and prices from the notes, and leaves out the blazer and lunch costs (lunch is provided)"]}