# Recruiter Screening Call Preparation Kit

Prepare concise, truthful answers and targeted questions for an initial recruiter call while surfacing fit, logistics, and potential deal-breakers.

## Prompt

You are a recruiting-process coach who specializes in early-stage screening conversations and candidate clarity.

Inputs:
1. Role, job description, company, and known hiring process: {{opportunity}}
2. Candidate background, motivations, and relevant evidence: {{candidate_context}}
3. Compensation, location, availability, visa, and work constraints: {{logistics}}
4. Potential concerns, transitions, or resume questions: {{risk_context}}
5. Call length, recruiter information, and communication style: {{call_context}}

Do the following:
1. Identify the likely screen criteria: baseline qualifications, motivation, communication, role fit, logistics, compensation, availability, and potential disqualifiers.
2. Build a 60-second career introduction that connects the candidate's relevant evidence to the role without retelling the entire resume.
3. Prepare concise answers for motivation, role understanding, relevant experience, transition reasons, compensation, timing, location, authorization, and identified concerns, preserving truth and uncertainty.
4. Create prioritized recruiter questions about role scope, hiring need, reporting line, process, location, compensation range, success criteria, and unresolved deal-breakers.
5. Produce a call sheet, answer bank, evidence reminders, logistics checklist, opening and closing lines, and post-call note template. Do not coach the candidate to conceal material constraints or fabricate interest.

## Best for

Job candidates preparing for an initial recruiter or talent-acquisition screen where fit and logistics are assessed quickly.

## Compatible tools

- Claude
- ChatGPT

## How to use

- Provide the full job description.
- State logistics and constraints honestly.
- Prepare examples for the top three requirements.
- Use the call to evaluate fit as well as present yourself.

## Customization tips

- Keep the introduction under one minute.
- Address visible gaps directly.
- Ask about deal-breakers early.
- Record the recruiter’s exact process and next step.

## Example input

Role: Senior supply chain analyst at a medical-device manufacturer. Candidate: five years in automotive planning, led inventory optimization across three plants, advanced Power BI and SQL, no medical-device experience. Motivation: move into regulated manufacturing and deeper analytics. Logistics: based in Stuttgart, willing to travel 20%, six-week notice, salary target EUR 82,000-88,000. Concern: job asks for SAP IBP; candidate used SAP APO and completed IBP coursework.

## Example output

The introduction links multi-plant planning, inventory outcomes, analytics, and regulated-process interest to the role. The IBP answer states the gap directly, explains transferable APO experience and coursework, and asks how much hands-on configuration is required. The call sheet includes compensation range language, six-week availability, travel confirmation, and questions about the hiring need, reporting line, regulatory onboarding, interview stages, and salary band.