As of 13 August 2026, AI can write answers for your UK job application.

What to actually do

1. Do it yourself

   The route this page recommends

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 15 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open the employer's application form and copy the exact questions, instructions and word limits into a document.
   2. Open the job advert or person specification and copy the duties, essential criteria and desirable criteria into the same document.
   3. Gather your current CV and three to five truthful examples from work, study, volunteering or other relevant experience, including what you did and what happened.
   4. Paste the questions, job information, CV and examples into a chatbot with the supplied prompt, then ask it to draft every answer within the stated limits.
   5. Compare each drafted answer with your CV, records and real experience, deleting invented claims and replacing generic wording with details you could explain at interview.
   6. Read the answers aloud, correct wording that does not sound like you, check every word count and paste the final text into the employer's form before submitting it.

   Prompt

   Write answers for my UK job application using the information below.
   
   Job title: [job title]
   Employer: [employer name]
   Job description and person specification:
   [ paste the full text ]
   
   Application questions and any word limits:
   [ paste each question and its limit ]
   
   My CV or career history:
   [ paste the relevant details ]
   
   Evidence I want to use:
   [ paste specific situations, actions, results, responsibilities, qualifications or projects ]
   
   Instructions:
   - Answer each question directly and follow its word limit.
   - Use only facts I have provided. Do not invent achievements, figures, responsibilities, qualifications or motivations.
   - Use specific evidence rather than generic claims about my strengths.
   - Where a STAR example fits, use situation, task, action and result without labelling the sections unless that improves clarity.
   - Use plain British English and a confident but natural first-person voice.
   - Do not repeat the CV word for word.
   - Do not claim that I am passionate, exceptional, results-driven or similar unless my evidence supports the wording.
   - If the evidence is missing for a question, say what information I need to add instead of guessing.
   
   Return, for each question, the draft answer, its word count and a short list of the evidence used. Then list any factual claims I must check against my own records before submitting.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Hand it to a person

   The distant third

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.