# 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.

- Topic: Career & Job Search
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: HR & Hiring, Leadership, Analyze, Fill-in Template, Step-by-step
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/review-my-portfolio-the-way-a-hiring-manager-would

## Prompt

```text
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- Is anything outdated, off-target, or padding?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.
```

## What to fill in

- DETAILS
- PASTE
- e.g. "link on my resume", "LinkedIn", "sent by a recruiter"

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