Land a new software job within a month of quitting, using ChatGPT for interview prep plans
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Rathesh Prabakar, a senior software engineer in Bengaluru, quit in October 2025 without a job lined up. Prabakar applied before work and prepared after, and asked ChatGPT to act as an experienced résumé writer. For each interview, Prabakar gave it their skills, experience and the job description plus the time available and asked for a prep plan; a high share of the likely questions it suggested came up. Questions Prabakar couldn't answer went back to ChatGPT afterwards, and doubtful answers were cross-checked on Google. With a referral from a LinkedIn contact, Prabakar accepted an offer in early November.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Make me a prep plan for this interview that fits the time I have. Fill in before running: - Job description: [PASTE JOB DESCRIPTION] - My skills and experience (or résumé): [PASTE / ATTACH RÉSUMÉ] - Interview date and hours I can spend each day: [DETAILS] Rules: - List the questions most likely to come up, tied to lines in the job description. - Split the prep into daily blocks that fit my hours. - Explain any concept I'm unsure of as if I'm a beginner when I ask. - After the interview, help me answer anything I got stuck on. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A day-by-day prep plan and a list of likely questions with pointers for answering each. You'll know it worked when: most of the questions I'm asked are ones I've prepared for.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Make me a prep plan for this interview that fits the time I have. Fill in before running: - Job description: [PASTE JOB DESCRIPTION] - My skills and experience (or résumé): [PASTE / ATTACH RÉSUMÉ] - Interview date and hours I can spend each day: [DETAILS] Rules: - List the questions most likely to come up, tied to lines in the job description. - Split the prep into daily blocks that fit my hours. - Explain any concept I'm unsure of as if I'm a beginner when I ask. - After the interview, help me answer anything I got stuck on. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A day-by-day prep plan and a list of likely questions with pointers for answering each. You'll know it worked when: most of the questions I'm asked are ones I've prepared for.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Make me a prep plan for this interview that fits the time I have. Fill in before running: - Job description: [PASTE JOB DESCRIPTION] - My skills and experience (or résumé): [PASTE / ATTACH RÉSUMÉ] - Interview date and hours I can spend each day: [DETAILS] Rules: - List the questions most likely to come up, tied to lines in the job description. - Split the prep into daily blocks that fit my hours. - Explain any concept I'm unsure of as if I'm a beginner when I ask. - After the interview, help me answer anything I got stuck on. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Mark which answers I should double-check against official documentation. Output: A day-by-day prep plan and a list of likely questions with pointers for answering each. You'll know it worked when: most of the questions I'm asked are ones I've prepared for. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/quit-job-ai-linkedin-referral-2026-6
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