{"id":"rec-phone-screen-script-first-two-minutes","audience":"recruiting","category":"people-work","track":"people","level":"intermediate","technique":"context","title":"Write the opening script for a recruiter phone screen","free":false,"task":"Write a phone screen script for a recruiter in plain text, under 150 words, with three labeled parts: Open:, Questions:, Close:. Open: is two sentences. Questions: has exactly 4 lines starting with \"- \", each asking one job-related thing from the must-haves in the notes, none about age, family, health, origin or current salary. Close: tells her the next step and the date she will hear back. HR reviews before use.","materialLabel":"Role and recruiter notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Role: Payroll Specialist, Lakeview Dental Group (hybrid, 3 days on-site). Candidate: Imani Clarke. Recruiter: Sol Ahmed.\n\nMust-haves from the hiring manager: 2+ years running multi-state payroll; experience with year-end W-2 and reconciliations; comfortable being on-site Tue/Wed/Thu; start date within 6 weeks.\nNice-to-have: experience with ADP (not required).\nProcess: phone screen (30 min) now; if she moves forward, a panel interview in the week of Nov 23. Sol will email her by Friday Nov 13 either way.\nSalary range is $64,000 to $72,000; Sol should not ask what she earns now. Sol heard from a colleague that Imani is a single mother; this is not to be raised.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":190},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Salary history","why":"The AI asks what she earns now.","fix":"Say: \"Do not ask about current salary.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Too many questions","why":"The AI writes 8 questions.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 4 lines starting with '- ', one must-have each.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing close","why":"The AI ends without the date.","fix":"Say: \"Close with the next step and the date she will hear back.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Labels","why":"The AI uses its own headings.","fix":"Say: \"Parts labeled Open:, Questions:, Close:.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"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, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds words or adds headings.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Three parts","patterns":["open:","questions:","close:"]},{"label":"Four questions","patterns":["4 lines","exactly 4","four"]},{"label":"Must-haves","patterns":["must-have"]},{"label":"Banned topics","patterns":["age","family","salary"]},{"label":"Next step date","patterns":["nov 13","next step"]}],"hint":"State the three parts, the number of questions and what must not be asked.","mission":"Prepare the recruiter's phone screen opening and questions.","musts":["Four job-related questions","No age, family, salary","Give next-step date"],"rubricLabels":["Has the three labels Open:, Questions:, Close:, with Open: in two sentences","Questions: has exactly four lines starting with \"- \", covering multi-state payroll, W-2 and reconciliations, on-site Tue/Wed/Thu and start within 6 weeks, one thing each","Close: gives the next step and says Sol will email by Friday Nov 13, and the script has no question about current salary, family, age, health or origin and no mention of her being a single mother"]}