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💼 AI prompts: Jobs & careers

Make every application fit the job. Never invent experience: AI should help you describe what you’ve really done. Fill in the blanks, then copy or open it in your AI.

CV

Improve my CV bullet points

Rewrite these CV bullet points to show results and use strong action verbs, without inventing anything: Your bullet points

Match my CV to a job

Compare my CV with this job advert. List the skills they want that I already show, what’s missing, and how to reword my CV to fit. Job advert: Job advert My CV: Your CV

Professional summary

Write a 3-sentence professional summary for my CV. I’m a Role with Years years’ experience in Field, strong at Strengths, looking for Next role.

Explain a career gap

Help me explain a career gap of Length because of Reason in a short, positive way for my CV and for interviews.

Applications

Cover letter

Write a cover letter for Job title at Company. Mention my experience in Experience and why I want to work there: Reason. Under 250 words, confident but not boastful.

Message to a recruiter

Write a short, polite LinkedIn message to a recruiter at Company about the Job title role, mentioning Your strongest point.

Follow up after applying

Write a short follow-up email about my application for Job title, sent on Date. Polite and confident.

Interviews

Practice interview

Interview me for a Job title role. Ask one question at a time, wait for my answer, then give feedback and a stronger sample answer.

Likely questions

List the 12 questions I’m most likely to be asked for a Job title interview at a Type of company, with tips for answering each.

STAR answer

Help me turn this experience into a STAR answer (situation, task, action, result) for the question “Question”: Your experience

Questions to ask them

Suggest 8 thoughtful questions I can ask at the end of an interview for Job title.

Thank-you after interview

Write a short thank-you email after my interview for Job title with Interviewer name, mentioning Something you discussed.

Career

Salary conversation

Help me prepare to discuss salary for Job title in Country or city. I’m hoping for Amount. Give me phrases to use and how to respond to a lower offer.

Career change plan

I’m a Current role and want to move into New field. Make a 6-month plan: skills to learn, free resources, small projects and how to explain the change.

Resignation letter

Write a polite, short resignation letter. I’m leaving my role as Role on Last day and want to thank Manager for Something you’re grateful for.

How to write a good prompt

  1. Say who it should be. Start with a role: “You are a patient maths tutor” or “You are a friendly shop assistant”.
  2. Give the task and details. Say exactly what you want and add the facts only you know: who it’s for, dates, prices, level.
  3. Ask for a format. A table, 5 bullet points, under 100 words, a WhatsApp message, a step-by-step list.
  4. Show an example. Paste something you like and say “in this style”.
  5. Keep talking. The first answer is a draft. Reply “shorter”, “more formal”, “give 3 more options” or “ask me questions first”.
  6. Check it. AI can sound sure and still be wrong. Check facts, numbers and names before you use them.

🔒 Don’t paste passwords, card numbers or other people’s private details into any AI.

These prompts work with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Copilot and Perplexity and most other AI assistants. Wah-Kit isn’t connected to or endorsed by any of them; the names belong to their owners. The buttons copy the prompt and open the assistant; ChatGPT, Perplexity and Grok can also start with it filled in.