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Compute overtime cost for non-exempt employees only

  • For FP&A and financial analysts
  • You practice Setting limits and rules
  • Time about 5 minutes
  • Level Beginner

About this exercise

You're estimating October overtime cost for the operations manager. Write a prompt for plain text with lines starting "Lena:", "Omar:", "Priya:" and "Total:". Overtime pays 1.5 times the hourly rate. Exempt employees are not paid overtime according to the HR list. Show the math. Under 70 words.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

  • Paying the exempt employee. The AI computes overtime for Priya. Try: Say: "Exempt employees are not paid overtime per the HR list."
  • Forgetting the 1.5 multiplier. The AI uses the base rate. Try: Add: "Overtime pays 1.5 times the hourly rate."
  • Missing labels. The AI writes a table. Try: Add: "Four lines with these exact labels."
  • Markdown extras. The AI adds bold labels, headings and a closing note. Try: Say: "Plain text, no bold. Output only the lines asked for."
  • Trusting the AI to count words. AI is bad at counting and runs past word limits. Try: Ask for fewer words than the real cap and keep each part short.

What a strong prompt includes

  • Names the four lines
  • States the multiplier
  • Excludes exempt employees
  • Asks for the math
  • Caps length

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