A running log of what's actually happening across your applications — not just status, but what each outcome suggests. You don't write this yourself. Any time something happens — you submit, you hear back or don't, you interview, you get feedback, you get rejected, you get an offer — describe it to Claude and ask it to add the entry.
Part of JobFlow by Zenya Learning.
Prompt to use: "Add an entry to my Lessons Learned doc for [Company] - [Role]: [what happened]. Compare it to my other entries and flag anything that looks like a pattern."
[Company] - [Role] - [YYYY-MMDD] - [Stage: Applied / Phone screen / Interview / Rejected / Offer]
What happened:
What this suggests:
(new entry per event — Claude adds these as you go)
Leave this section alone until you've had a handful of interviews. Then ask Claude: "Read through my Lessons Learned log and tell me what these applications actually had in common — not what I meant to do, but what I actually did before each one worked." Turn the answer into a short, direct set of rules below. Revisit and sharpen it every few applications — it should get more specific over time, not less.
Rules:
(nothing yet — revisit after your first few interviews)