Hi Reader,

A student came to see me last week because he’d landed a graduate interview with a major cyber consulting firm.

A few days later he sent me the company’s interview prep pack.

Now normally, this is where I tell people to go do their research.

Glassdoor. Reddit. Whirlpool. LinkedIn.

And increasingly:

“Use AI to help you.”

But lately I’ve been mucking around with AI agents and wanted to see what would happen if I unleashed one on this task.

Problem was … I had absolutely no clue how to build the prompt for the thing.

So naturally, I asked old mate ChatGPT to do that too.

Honestly, at this point I’m basically middle management for robots.

Anyway, once I ran the agent, this thing went gangbusters.

The report came back with:

• the kinds of questions they’d probably ask
• where candidates usually stuffed up
• the difference between the consulting and the super technical stuff
• what they were actually looking for
• what the written test was trying to measure

It crawled half the internet faster than a uni student discovering ChatGPT at 11:48pm the night before an assignment.

And to be fair?

The research was excellent.

Way better and faster than what most people would find themselves. Better than regular ChatGPT too.

Yet here’s where things got weird.

I still didn’t feel comfortable handing the whole thing back to the student and saying:

“Righto mate, copy this prompt and knock yourself out.”

Because every time I’ve tried that in the past, the output turns into motivational sludge.

Part of it is paid vs unpaid AI accounts. The difference there is massive.

But I think another part is this:

My version has spent several years learning resumes, interviews, hiring patterns and job search strategy like some deranged little recruitment goblin.

A fresh AI account with no clue who you are or how hiring actually works?

Completely different animal.

So yes, AI absolutely speeds the work up.

But the more information these systems pump out, the more valuable judgement becomes.

Which means AI is either becoming the world’s greatest professional development tool …

or I’m slowly training a digital version of myself one interview prep pack at a time.

~Lisa

Your Q&A

My Boss Is Watching My LinkedIn

Hi Lisa,

I work at a big tech company, and my goal is to be seen as an industry thought leader in the AI go-to-market space. I want to post on LinkedIn frequently, but my boss is VERY DIFFICULT and checks my LinkedIn monthly.

I’m not sure what to do. Should I block my boss, continue to post, or focus on targeting companies and commenting instead? I eventually want to move into a role with a growing AI tech company and building thought leadership will help.

Thank you!

Melanie​
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Hi Melanie

Do not block your boss.

That’s the LinkedIn equivalent of hiding in the office toilet when your manager walks past. It creates way more suspicion than a post ever will.

I’d keep posting.

Talk about AI trends. Customer behaviour. Go-to-market lessons. What companies are getting wrong. What you’re learning.

That reads as industry leadership, not a resignation letter in instalments.

But don’t put all your time and energy into posting. Balance it out.

A lot of LinkedIn visibility actually happens through comments and DMs.

If you really want to level up your authority, launching a LinkedIn newsletter on AI GTM trends is a smart move. LinkedIn is pushing newsletters hard right now, and they position you as someone shaping conversations, not chasing jobs.

And if your boss ever questions your visibility?

Hit them with this:
Visible employees attract customers, talent and credibility.

Smart companies understand that.

The others usually become ex-employers eventually.

Thanks for writing in.

~Lisa

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