Land a new job in two months after a career break with AI-tailored résumés and mock interviews
Returning to job hunting after 10 years, former lawyer Santiago Barraza Lopez used ChatGPT to clarify what role he wanted, rewrite his résumé for each target job, draft cover letters and run mock interviews. Within two months he was hired at a company building AI for lawyers.
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What you get
A clear target role, a résumé and cover letter tailored to each job, and mock interviews built around that role.
Tools
- ChatGPT
- Your old résumé and the job descriptions you're targeting
Steps
- Talk through your strengths, interests and goals until you have a short list of target roles.
- Paste your résumé and each job description, and ask for a tailored version with action verbs and measurable outcomes.
- Draft a cover letter per role from a few notes on why you want it, then edit it to sound like you.
- Run a mock interview for each role and ask for feedback after every answer.
Copy-ready prompt
Here is my résumé: [paste]. Here is the job I'm applying for: [paste job description]. 1. Rewrite my résumé for this role: lead with what matters most to them, use action verbs, and quantify results only where I gave you numbers. Never invent experience. 2. Draft a short cover letter from these notes on why I want the job: [notes]. 3. Then interview me for this role, one question at a time, and give me feedback on each answer before asking the next.
Proof / source
Self-reported First-person essay in Business Insider.
In their words
Within just two months of starting this tech-driven job hunt, I secured a role at a cutting-edge tech company developing AI specifically designed for lawyers.
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