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The record question is the one people rehearse in the car and then improvise in the room. Build it here instead: three beats, your own words, under forty seconds. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere.
You never type what happened
One sentence. Pick the one that is true for you and sounds like your voice — you can rewrite it below.
Optional. Time helps when there's a lot of it, and can be left out when there isn't.
Check only what is true for you. Most of these can be verified, which is exactly why they carry weight — and why this tool will never add one for you.
End on the job, not on the record. This is the sentence they remember.
Used to close the answer on the job itself.
Yes — I have a conviction on my record, and I'd rather tell you about it directly than have it come up in a report. I'm glad to answer any questions you have about it.
Read it out loud. If it sounds like someone else wrote it, change the words — an answer that sounds rehearsed lands worse than one that sounds like you. Under forty seconds is the target.
People lose jobs by answering a bigger question than the one on the form. Applications are usually narrower than they feel in the moment, and the wording is the whole thing. Read it twice, slowly, before you write anything.
Shapes, not scripts. A memorized script sounds like a memorized script.
The question comes up and the record is years behind you.
Less time has passed, so the weight goes on what you've done with that time.
A driving role and a driving record, a money role and a theft charge.
The 20-second version, for when it arrives out of nowhere.
What's working today, and what isn't