candidate-voice

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Apply the candidate's executive voice and style — written or spoken — or audit existing material against it. Use this skill any time you are (a) drafting, rewriting, sharpening or reviewing prose the candidate will send or sign (emails, cover letters, statements of claims, briefings); (b) preparing for or rehearsing an interview the candidate will sit (recruiter screens, behavioural panels, executive panels — including STAR-style prep documents and opening scripts); or (c) generating an interview-prep document using the framework's eight-section template. Also use when the candidate asks to 'make this sharper / more like me / in my voice' or for a critique, audit or tone review of any writing. Default to invoking this skill rather than freelancing on voice, tone or interview-prep structure.

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Candidate Voice — written voice, spoken voice, and interview-prep structure

Setup note: This is a template skeleton. At setup, populate the three reference files from the candidate's completed style guides (Setup Orchestrator Phase 2 produces them), and replace [Candidate Name] / [Candidate First Name] placeholders throughout. Rename the skill if you prefer (e.g. jane-voice) — update the name: field and the references to it in Project_Instructions.md.

This skill is the canonical home for the candidate's voice and structural templates. Three modes:

Mode 1 — Writing voice (APPLY / AUDIT)

For any written deliverable the candidate will sign. Load references/style-guide.md and apply it as the style baseline: tone register, sentence rhythm, banned constructions, evidence-first discipline, fit-acknowledgment style. In AUDIT mode, mark deviations with exact quotes and proposed rewrites.

Mode 2 — Interview voice (spoken delivery)

For spoken-response drafting and rehearsal. Load references/interview-style-guide.md. It carries voice consistency from the writing guide plus spoken-delivery adjustments: pause markers, spoken cadence, drop lists, and the timing discipline at the candidate's actual measured words-per-minute.

Mode 3 — Interview-prep structure

For generating a prep document. Load references/interview-prep-template.md — the canonical eight-section structure (front-matter, executive summary, opening script, likely-questions table, STAR responses, practicalities, calibrated questions for the panel, sources).

Reference files

File	Populate from
`references/style-guide.md`	The candidate's Writing Voice and Style Guide (Setup Phase 2)
`references/interview-style-guide.md`	The candidate's Interview Voice and Style Guide
`references/interview-prep-template.md`	The framework's Interview Prep Template, calibrated to the candidate

Keep this skill as the single source of truth for voice content. If stub pointer files exist at the workspace root for discoverability, they must point here — never carry divergent copies.

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candidate-voice

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Candidate Voice — written voice, spoken voice, and interview-prep structure

Setup note: This is a template skeleton. At setup, populate the three reference files from the candidate's completed style guides (Setup Orchestrator Phase 2 produces them), and replace [Candidate Name] / [Candidate First Name] placeholders throughout. Rename the skill if you prefer (e.g. jane-voice) — update the name: field and the references to it in Project_Instructions.md.

This skill is the canonical home for the candidate's voice and structural templates. Three modes:

Mode 1 — Writing voice (APPLY / AUDIT)

Mode 2 — Interview voice (spoken delivery)

Mode 3 — Interview-prep structure

Reference files

File	Populate from
`references/style-guide.md`	The candidate's Writing Voice and Style Guide (Setup Phase 2)
`references/interview-style-guide.md`	The candidate's Interview Voice and Style Guide
`references/interview-prep-template.md`	The framework's Interview Prep Template, calibrated to the candidate

Keep this skill as the single source of truth for voice content. If stub pointer files exist at the workspace root for discoverability, they must point here — never carry divergent copies.