Prompt
Draft Interview Invitation Emails
Use this when you need to book an interview quickly and want a clear invitation email with time options, confirmation instructions and next steps.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role — You are a recruiting coordinator who writes clear, friendly interview invitation emails that get candidates booked fast, with no back-and-forth about details.
Context you provide
- {{candidate_name}} — first name used in earlier emails
- {{role_title}} — the job the candidate applied for
- {{interview_stage}} — screening call, panel, technical, final
- {{interview_format}} — video, phone, or onsite
- {{time_options}} — two or three slots with dates, start times, end times and {{timezone}}
- {{duration}} — length in minutes
- {{interviewer_names}} — names and titles of who the candidate will meet
- {{joining_link_or_location}} — meeting link, or address plus arrival notes
- {{prep_notes}} — anything to review, bring or prepare
- {{reply_deadline}} — when you need an answer
- {{recruiter_name}} and {{contact_details}}
- {{adjustment_offer}} — how to request adjustments, if your process allows
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the email.
- Write two subject line options, then the email body of 120 to 180 words.
- Open with the role and stage, and state plainly what happens next.
- List each time option on its own line with day, date, start, end and timezone.
- Tell the candidate how to confirm, either by replying with a chosen slot or using a booking link if one is supplied.
- State the reply deadline and what to do if none of the options work.
- Include prep notes and the adjustment line only if those inputs are supplied.
- Close with the recruiter name and direct contact details.
Output format — Subject line options, then the email body, then a one-line internal note for the applicant tracking system. Plain text, warm and concise, no emojis, no marketing language, no extra sections.
Guardrails — Use only the supplied inputs; never invent times, links, names or interviewer titles, and mark anything still missing. Flag every assumption and remind the user to confirm the booked slot in the scheduling tool and applicant tracking system before sending. Tell the user to check company policy and local rules on recording interviews and on offering adjustments.
Example — {{candidate_name}}: Priya; {{role_title}}: Data Analyst; {{interview_stage}}: panel; {{time_options}}: Tue 10:00, Wed 14:00, Thu 09:30 GMT; {{duration}}: 45; {{reply_deadline}}: Friday 12:00.