Claude Prompts for UX Designer Job Search

You are an expert recruiter for UX design roles. Here is my resume:

[PASTE RESUME]

And the job description:

[PASTE JOB DESCRIPTION]

Rewrite my bullet points to match this role. Lead each with the user or business outcome (task success or completion rate improved, drop-off reduced, usability issues fixed, conversion or retention moved), quantify it, and mirror the exact skills and tools from the job description (for example user research, wireframing, prototyping, Figma, design systems, usability testing, accessibility) without inventing anything. Flag any bullet that reads as a stretch.

Act as an ATS parser for UX designer roles. From this job description:

[PASTE JOB DESCRIPTION]

List the skills, tools, methods, and exact keyword phrases (for example user research, information architecture, Figma, prototyping, design systems, usability testing, interaction design, WCAG) an ATS would score against, ranked by prominence. Then tell me which are missing from my resume:

[PASTE RESUME]

and where I could add each one truthfully.

Help me quantify this UX project for my resume: [DESCRIBE THE PROJECT]. Ask me up to 4 questions to surface the impact (what user problem it solved, what metric moved such as task success, time on task, error rate, or conversion, how you validated it, who used the result). Then write 2 resume bullets in the format 'accomplished X by doing Y, resulting in Z'.

Write a concise cover letter for this UX designer role:

[PASTE JOB DESCRIPTION]

Using my background:

[PASTE RESUME OR SUMMARY]

Under 250 words, no cliches. Open with a concrete reason I fit this team or product, cite one project where my research or design changed the outcome for users, and close with a clear call to action. Point to my portfolio naturally. Match the company's tone.

Write a 4 to 5 sentence LinkedIn message to the design hiring manager for this UX designer role: [PASTE ROLE AND COMPANY]. Introduce me briefly, give one specific reason I am interested in their product or design team, and mention one relevant project ([DETAIL], with a portfolio link if I have one). Warm, human, under 90 words.

Act as a design hiring manager reviewing my portfolio. I will present one case study: [DESCRIBE OR PASTE THE CASE STUDY]. As I walk through it, interrupt like a real reviewer: ask why I made each decision, what alternatives I rejected, how I involved users, what I would do differently, and what the outcome was. After I finish, tell me where my story was thin and how a standout candidate would frame it.

Give me one realistic UX whiteboard challenge for a [SENIORITY] designer (for example: design a scheduling app for busy parents, or improve the checkout flow for a grocery app). Play the interviewer: push me to clarify the user and goal, define constraints, sketch the flow, justify trade-offs, and say how I would test it. After I work through it, critique my process, not just the final screens, and show how a strong candidate would approach it. Give me the challenge now and wait.

Ask me the behavioral questions common in UX designer interviews: how I handle feedback that conflicts with my design, how I work with product and engineering when there is disagreement, how I advocate for the user against a deadline, and a time a design of mine failed. Ask one at a time, wait for my answer, then tighten it into a clear STAR-style story with a real outcome.

Act as a design director auditing my portfolio. For the case study I describe, restructure it into a strong narrative: the problem and who it affected, my role, the research and constraints, key decisions and rejected alternatives, and the measurable outcome. Here is the case study: [DESCRIBE OR PASTE]. Rewrite it into a tight, skimmable structure and flag any section where I am showing work instead of showing impact.