AI chat for job seekers

Job hunting means writing the same story about yourself again and again, each time for a different reader. An AI chat helps you tailor that story faster, practice saying it out loud and prepare for the awkward parts, like gaps and salary. What it must never do is invent experience you don't have. ChatG is free with a daily allowance of messages, needs no account and keeps your drafts in your own browser. Here are the workflows that help most, each with a prompt to open in the chat.

Applications

Give the chat the job ad and your real experience. It can only rearrange and sharpen what you give it.

Tailor resume bullets to a job ad

Ask for rewrites that match the employer's priorities and flag where a number would make a bullet stronger.

Here is a job ad: [paste job ad]. Here are my current resume bullets for my role as [job title]: [paste bullets]. Rewrite the bullets to match what this employer cares about, using strong verbs and only facts I gave you. Flag anything where I should add a number.

Try this prompt in the chat.

Write a cover letter that sounds like you

A few specific highlights and one real reason for wanting the job beat a generic template.

Write a cover letter for the [position] role at [company]. My relevant experience: [two or three highlights]. Why this company: [reason]. Keep it under 300 words, confident but not boastful, and open with something more specific than a standard greeting line.

Open this prompt in the chat or use the Cover Letter Writer.

Refresh your LinkedIn profile

Ask for several headline options and a short, specific About section.

Write three versions of a LinkedIn headline and a 120-word About section for a [job title] with [years] years of experience in [field], targeting [type of role]. Keep it specific and skip buzzwords.

Try this prompt in the chat.

Interviews and offers

Rehearsing out loud is the best preparation. The chat can play the interviewer as many times as you like within your daily messages.

Run a mock interview

One question at a time, with feedback after each answer, feels close to the real thing.

Act as an interviewer for a [job title] position at a [type of company]. Ask me one question at a time, mixing behavioral and role-specific questions. After each answer, give brief feedback and a stronger version of my answer using the STAR method.

Start the mock interview or choose the Interviewer assistant.

Prepare company research questions

The chat may not know a company's latest news, so ask it what to look up rather than for facts.

I have an interview at [company] for [role]. What should I research before the interview, and what good questions could I ask them at the end? Mark which facts I need to verify on their website or in recent news.

Open this prompt in the chat.

Answer a tough question honestly

Gaps, layoffs and career changes are easier to talk about with a short, practiced answer.

Help me answer the interview question [tough question, e.g. why did you leave your last job]. My honest situation: [details]. Give me a 60-second answer that is truthful, positive and moves on to what I can offer.

Try this prompt in the chat.

Ask about salary after an offer

A polite, prepared message makes negotiation less stressful.

I received an offer for [role] at [salary] in [city]. I hoped for [target]. Write a short, polite email asking whether there's flexibility on salary or [other benefit], and give me two phrases to use if they call me instead.

Open this prompt in the chat or polish the final version with the Email Writer.

Tips for better results

• Keep a master resume. Paste your full, honest history once per chat and tailor from it for each application.
• Answer out loud. During a mock interview, say your answer first, then type it. The feedback is more useful when it reflects how you actually speak.
• One chat per application. Rename each chat after the company so the job ad, letter and interview notes stay together.

What to avoid

• Inventing or inflating experience. Never let the chat add skills, titles, degrees or results you don't have. Recruiters check, and interviews expose it quickly.
• Sharing more personal data than needed. Remove your address, phone number, ID numbers and references' contact details before pasting a resume.
• Trusting salary figures from the chat. Its knowledge may be out of date and is not local. Check current pay ranges on job boards, salary surveys and with people in the field.
• Sending generic text. Hiring managers read many letters that sound the same. Add specific details only you could write and read it aloud before sending.
• Skipping the final proofread. Check names, company spelling and dates yourself.

Related tools, guides and prompts

• Guide: AI for job search, plus how to write better prompts.
• Tools: Cover Letter Writer, Grammar Checker, Email Writer and Paraphraser.
• Prompts and assistants: career prompts, the Career assistant and the Interviewer assistant.