Write an effective Smart Prompt

A Smart Prompt that returns relevant candidates on the first try, with job titles, location, skills, and industry parsed correctly.

CLIENT-ONLY · How-To

Outcome

A prompt the engine reads correctly, returning candidates that match the role.

Open the search dashboard and select Smart Prompt.
Write the role in one or two sentences. Example: “Senior backend developer at a fintech in Berlin, fluent in English, strong with Python and Django.”
Include the must-have signals: job title, location, skills, language, industry.
Add quantifiers where relevant (years of experience, seniority, team size).
Click Find talents.
Review the filter tags under the prompt: Job title, Company, Skills, Location, Industry, Language. Each should reflect what you wrote.
For job titles, decide whether you want people currently holding the title. If so, say it in the prompt (“currently working as a backend developer”) rather than assuming the system will infer it.
Click any tag to edit, remove a criterion, or accept AI-suggested synonyms.

[SCREENSHOT: Smart Prompt input with extracted criteria tags below]

After running, the filter row shows tags for each criterion and results reflect them.

Too few results. Widen the location radius. Accept AI-suggested job-title synonyms.
Too many irrelevant results. Add Excluded Companies, narrow the industry, or raise the experience minimum.
Wrong job title extracted. Click the Job title tag and edit it.
Skills not picked up. State them explicitly (“with strong Python and Django”) rather than implying them.

Better input, better output. A vague prompt produces vague results. Spell out what you actually need.
Be specific about location: “Berlin, Germany”, not just “Berlin”.
Add industry context: “at a fintech” cuts wrong-industry matches.
Mention language proficiency if it matters.
Be explicit about job-title intent (current vs ever-held); the system won’t assume it for you.
Don’t list synonyms yourself; the AI proposes them.
One prompt per search. Compound prompts work better as two Saved Filters.

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