Review my portfolio the way a hiring manager would
A 30-second first impression, a scorecard against what hiring managers check, and the top fixes ranked.
The prompt
Review my portfolio from the point of view of a hiring manager for my target role.
Target role and level: [DETAILS]
A job posting I'm aiming at: [PASTE]
My portfolio content: [PASTE THE TEXT OF THE HOME PAGE, ABOUT SECTION, AND CASE STUDIES, and describe the layout and visuals]
How people will find it: [e.g. "link on my resume", "LinkedIn", "sent by a recruiter"]
Review in two passes:
1. The 30-second skim: what a busy reader understands from the first screen and headlines alone. Can they tell who I am, what role I want, and what my best work is?
2. The 5-minute read: depth and evidence in the case studies.
Check:
- Is my best, most relevant work first?
- Does each project show the problem, my specific contribution, decisions, and results?
- On team projects, is it clear what I did?
- Is there evidence of impact, or only descriptions of tasks?
- Writing quality: clear, concise, free of jargon and errors.
- Is anything outdated, off-target, or padding?
- Is it easy to contact me and see my resume?
- Are concept or self-initiated projects labeled honestly?
Return:
- My first impression in 2-3 sentences, as the hiring manager.
- A scorecard table: Criterion | Score 1-5 | Evidence | Fix.
- Top 5 fixes ranked by impact on getting an interview.
- Red flags that might get me rejected.
Base the review only on the content I paste; don't assume anything about pages I haven't shared. This is step 4 of the "Build a portfolio that gets you hired" pack. It works on its own, and can use the case studies from step 3.
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What to fill in
- DETAILS
- PASTE
- e.g. "link on my resume", "LinkedIn", "sent by a recruiter"
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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