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Make two columns. Left side: every requirement from the job description, broken into individual lines. Not paragraphs, not summaries, literally one line per requirement. Right side: your closest real proof for each one. Quantify it wherever you can. Not “managed a project” but “led a project that cut onboarding time by 30%.” Not “worked with data” but “built a reporting process that saved the team 5 hours a week.” For anything you don’t have a clean match for, don’t leave it blank. Write a bridge statement instead. Something adjacent that shows the underlying skill even if the exact tool or scenario is different. Example: they want stakeholder management, you’ve mainly managed up to one manager. Bridge example: they want SQL experience, you’ve only used Excel formulas for analysis. Your bridge: “I haven’t used SQL directly, but I’ve built pivot tables and VLOOKUPs to answer the same kind of questions, comfortable picking up syntax fast.” Once the doc is full, go back and highlight your top 3 strongest rows. These are what you lead with, unprompted, in your first few answers. Then mark anything that repeats across multiple requirements. Those repeats are usually what they’ll circle back to more than once. Now you know exactly what to lead with. And your weak spots have a plan instead of a fear. Bonus: save this as a PDF, drop it into oboe along with your resume and the job description, it’ll build you a full personalized prep course for that role, targeting the specific areas you need to improve and helping you role play the actual interview. Comment PREP for the link! Follow for more career tips! #career #careers #interview #jobhunt #interviewprep