Q1: A decision maker asks what you do. What do you reply? *

My last job title and company

A specific expensive problem I solve, and how I do it

It changes depending on who is asking

My function and level, such as Head of Product in fintech

Q2: How many types of jobs are you looking for right now? *

I am open to anything at the right seniority level

Three or more, in different directions

Two, closely related

One, defined precisely

Q3: In one sentence, why should a company hire you, instead of someone else? *

I can say it, and there is a specific number in it

I can say it, but only qualitatively, with examples

Roughly. I would need to think about it

I could not answer that today

Q4: Your real constraints. Location, visa, salary, notice period, sectors you will not touch. *

I would work it out if an offer arrived

Some are clear, some are vague

I know them, in my head

Written down, and I screen opportunities against them

Q5: What does the top third of your CV lead with? *

My most recent title, employer and dates

A short professional summary

A positioning line naming the problem I solve, then two or three quantified results

A skills list, or an objective statement

Q6: How many of your bullet points contain a number? *

Most of them

About half

A few

Almost none, my work is hard to quantify

Q7: Do you adapt the CV before you send it? *

Never, one version goes everywhere

Rarely

Yes, keywords mostly

Yes, the positioning line and the top third, per target

Q8: Have you asked someone qualified to review your CV recently? *

Yes, in the last six months

Yes, but longer ago than that

Only generic recruiter feedback

No one has ever told me

Q9: Your LinkedIn profile headline says: *

Job title at company

The problem I solve, and who I solve it for

Just my title, or Open to work

My title plus a phrase about value

Q10: The first line of your LinkedIn About section is about: *

Me. A results driven leader with eighteen years of experience

A sharp, specific claim about my expertise

The reader's problem

It is empty, or it is my CV pasted in

Q11: In the last 30 days you posted on LinkedIn: *

Not at all

Once or twice

Three to seven times

Eight times or more

Q12: Your LinkedIn weekly profile views are: *

Rising, and I could tell you the number

Flat, and I could tell you the number

I have looked once or twice

I have no idea

Q13: How many target companies are on a written list? *

There is no list

Fewer than 10

Between 10 and 30

30 or more, sorted into tiers

Q14: At your top targets companies, have you mapped your potential future boss on LinkedIn? *

Yes, two or three names per company

At some of them

I know which department

Q15: How do you decide which companies to pursue? *

Brand, reputation, people I know there

Written criteria. Stage, the problem they have, where I fit

Wherever a relevant role is posted

Randomly. The ones hiring talents

Q16: Do you track what is happening at your targets? Funding, launches, senior hires, departures. *

Only when I am about to apply

I check occasionally

Yes, and I use it to time my outreach

Q17: In the last 30 days, how many decision makers have you contacted directly via LinkedIn or email? Not recruiters. Not HR. *

20 or more

Between 8 and 20

Between 1 and 7

None

Q18: Of the people you contacted, how many replied? *

None, or I have not contacted anyone

A handful

Roughly 1 in 5

More than a third of them

Q19: What does your first message actually do? *

Introduces me and my background

Asks whether they have any openings

Offers a specific observation about their business

Asks for fifteen minutes to learn about their team

Q20: Real conversations, a call or a meeting, with decision makers in the last 90 days: *

10 or more

Between 4 and 9

Between 1 and 3

None