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Reply to a Recruiter Message (Interested, Not Now, or No)
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The recruiter's message: {{RECRUITER_MESSAGE}}
My situation and interest level (keen, curious, not now, not interested): {{MY_INTEREST}}
What I need to know before going further (salary range, location, remote policy, the client company, contract type): {{MY_QUESTIONS}}
Write three replies so I can choose:
A. Interested: thank them, ask my key questions, and propose times to talk. Ask for the salary range before I share my own figure.
B. Not now, but stay in touch: brief, warm, with the kinds of roles I would want in future.
C. Decline: polite and short.
Rules for all versions:
- Under 120 words each.
- Don't share my current salary; in some places employers can't ask for it, and either way a range for the role is the better starting point.
- If it's an agency recruiter, ask which company it is before agreeing to send a CV, and ask them not to send my CV anywhere without my permission each time.
Then give me 3 signs, quoted from their message, of whether this recruiter has read my profile or is mass-messaging.
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“Reply to a Recruiter Message (Interested, Not Now, or No)” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Writing & Creative category, 197 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
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{{RECRUITER_MESSAGE}}, {{MY_INTEREST}}, {{MY_QUESTIONS}}.
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Recommended models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.
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