{"id":"rec-sourcing-sequence-three-messages","audience":"recruiting","category":"people-work","track":"people","level":"intermediate","technique":"context","title":"Write a three-message outreach sequence with no pressure","free":false,"task":"Write a three-message outreach sequence to one potential candidate in plain text. Label the messages exactly Day 1:, Day 5:, Day 12:. Each message is at most 2 sentences and under 40 words. Day 1 introduces the role, Day 5 shares one new fact from the notes, Day 12 is a polite final note that says you will not follow up again. No urgency words like urgent, last chance or limited, and no flattery. Start each with \"Hi Priya,\".","materialLabel":"Role and candidate notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Candidate: Priya Raman, Backend Engineer at a retail company. Recruiter: Tobias Klein at Fieldstone Health.\nRole: Senior Platform Engineer, remote in US time zones, $150,000 to $170,000. Team builds scheduling tools for clinics.\nNew facts the recruiter may share in a follow-up: the team uses Go and PostgreSQL; the team just shipped an on-call rotation that is 1 week in 6; the company offers 12 weeks of paid parental leave (not relevant to Priya, do not mention).\nThings not to say: the team has high turnover this year (internal); Priya's current employer had layoffs in October (public news but do not mention).\nTobias's boss wants this sent only three times at most, spaced as above.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":130},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Pressure","why":"The AI writes 'last chance' or 'exciting opportunity'.","fix":"Say: \"No urgency words and no flattery.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Mentioning layoffs or turnover","why":"The AI uses her employer's news.","fix":"Say: \"Use only the facts in the notes that may be shared.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Length","why":"The AI writes three paragraphs.","fix":"Say: \"Each message at most 2 sentences, under 40 words.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Labels","why":"The AI uses Subject lines and its own labels.","fix":"Say: \"Label exactly Day 1:, Day 5:, Day 12: and start each with Hi Priya,.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"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":"Day labels","patterns":["day 1:","day 5:","day 12:"]},{"label":"Greeting","patterns":["hi priya,"]},{"label":"Length","patterns":["at most 2 sentences","under 40 words"]},{"label":"No pressure","patterns":["urgent","last chance","flattery"]},{"label":"Final note","patterns":["not follow up","will not follow up"]}],"hint":"Give the day labels, the greeting, the length limits and what each message does.","mission":"Write three polite outreach messages to Priya over 12 days.","musts":["Day 12 says no more","No urgency or flattery","Max 2 sentences each"],"rubricLabels":["Has exactly three messages labeled Day 1:, Day 5:, Day 12:, each starting with \"Hi Priya,\"","Day 1 introduces the role (Senior Platform Engineer, remote, pay range), Day 5 shares one new fact (Go and PostgreSQL, or the 1 in 6 on-call), and Day 12 says it will not follow up again","Each message is at most 2 sentences and under 40 words, with no urgency words or flattery, and no mention of turnover, layoffs or parental leave"]}