Career-Ops Job Search Center
career-ops-hq/career-ops
Routes job-search requests to modes for evaluating offers, scanning portals, generating tailored CVs, tracking applications and drafting outreach, starting from a pasted job URL or description.
Prepare for an informational interview — the outreach, the questions, and the follow-up — so a 20-minute chat actually helps your career instead of wasting their time.
Install Informational Interview Prep
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills informational-interview-prep --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/informational-interview-prep .claude/skills/informational-interview-prep && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "informational-interview-prep" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/informational-interview-prep into .claude/skills/informational-interview-prep/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "informational-interview-prep", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/informational-interview-prepType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills informational-interview-prep --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/informational-interview-prep .agents/skills/informational-interview-prep && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "informational-interview-prep" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/informational-interview-prep into .agents/skills/informational-interview-prep/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "informational-interview-prep", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills informational-interview-prep --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/informational-interview-prep .cursor/skills/informational-interview-prep && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "informational-interview-prep" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/informational-interview-prep into .cursor/skills/informational-interview-prep/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "informational-interview-prep", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/informational-interview-prep--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills informational-interview-prep --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/informational-interview-prep .gemini/skills/informational-interview-prep && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "informational-interview-prep" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/informational-interview-prep into .gemini/skills/informational-interview-prep/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "informational-interview-prep", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills informational-interview-prepInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/informational-interview-prep .github/skills/informational-interview-prep && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "informational-interview-prep" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/informational-interview-prep into .github/skills/informational-interview-prep/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "informational-interview-prep", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills informational-interview-prep --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/informational-interview-prep .opencode/skills/informational-interview-prep && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "informational-interview-prep" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/informational-interview-prep into .opencode/skills/informational-interview-prep/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "informational-interview-prep", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
informational-interview-prep- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 614 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Prepare for an informational interview — the outreach, the questions, and the follow-up — so a 20-minute chat actually helps your career instead of wasting their time.
- Works in 6 steps: Ask small and specific. Request a brief… → Prepare targeted questions. Match… → Center their story. Let them talk,… → …
- Asked to prep for an informational interview
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Learn, Don't Pitch and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Informational Interview Prep is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Prepare for an informational interview — the outreach, the questions, and the follow-up — so a 20-minute chat actually helps your career instead of wasting their time. Use when asked to prep for an informational interview, questions to ask someone in [field], how to reach out for a career chat, or coffee chat prep. Produces a low-friction outreach message, a focused question set tuned to your goal (exploring a field, breaking in, a specific company), how to run the conversation, what NOT to do (don't ask for a…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Interview preparation. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked to prep for an informational interview
- Questions to ask someone in [field]
- How to reach out for a career chat
- Coffee chat prep
Example prompts
- “/informational-interview-prep”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Ask small and specific. Request a brief (15–20 min) chat to learn, name why them, and make it easy to grant — never open with a job ask.
- Prepare targeted questions. Match questions to your goal: their path and day-to-day, how they got in, what they wish they'd known, and…
- Center their story. Let them talk, listen actively, and go deeper on what's useful; you're there to learn, not to perform.
- Don't ask for a job. The fastest way to sour an informational is to turn it into a pitch — build the relationship; opportunities follow…
- Follow up well. Thank them specifically, act on any advice/intro they offered, and keep the door open for a light future touch.
- Do your homework. Research them enough to ask informed questions and not waste the time.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Informational Interview Prep loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 150 tokens; SKILL.md has 614 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 614 words, ~1,145 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/informational-interview-prep/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- informational-interview-prep
- description
- Prepare for an informational interview — the outreach, the questions, and the follow-up — so a 20-minute chat actually helps your career instead of wasting their time. Use when asked to prep for an informational interview, questions to ask someone in [field], how to reach out for a career chat, or coffee chat prep. Produces a low-friction outreach message, a focused question set tuned to your goal (exploring a field, breaking in, a specific company), how to run the conversation, what NOT to do (don't ask for a job), and a follow-up that keeps the relationship warm.
Informational-Interview Prep
An informational interview is one of the best career tools — a short, low-pressure conversation to learn about a field, role, or company from someone doing it. But done wrong (vague questions, or angling for a job) it wastes their time and yours. This preps the whole thing: the ask, the right questions for your goal, how to run it, and a follow-up that turns a chat into a relationship.
What This Skill Produces
- The outreach ask — a short, specific, low-friction request for a brief chat (not a job)
- A focused question set — tuned to your goal (exploring a field, breaking in, learning about a company/role), from their path to practical advice
- Conversation flow — how to open, keep it their-story-centered, and use the time well
- What not to do — the mistakes (asking for a job, dominating, being unprepared) that sour these
- A follow-up — a thank-you and a way to keep the connection warm, including any offered next step
- Prep notes — what to research about them beforehand
Required Inputs
Ask for these if not provided:
- Your goal — exploring a field, trying to break in, targeting a company/role, or broad learning
- The person — who they are, their role, and your connection (if any)
- Your background — enough to tailor relevant questions
- The format — call, coffee, video, and how long
- Where you are — early exploration vs. active job search (changes tone)
Framework: Learn, Don't Pitch
- Ask small and specific. Request a brief (15–20 min) chat to learn, name why them, and make it easy to grant — never open with a job ask.
- Prepare targeted questions. Match questions to your goal: their path and day-to-day, how they got in, what they wish they'd known, and specific advice for your situation — not things you could Google.
- Center their story. Let them talk, listen actively, and go deeper on what's useful; you're there to learn, not to perform.
- Don't ask for a job. The fastest way to sour an informational is to turn it into a pitch — build the relationship; opportunities follow later.
- Follow up well. Thank them specifically, act on any advice/intro they offered, and keep the door open for a light future touch.
- Do your homework. Research them enough to ask informed questions and not waste the time.
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Output Format
Informational interview: goal [x] · [person/role] · [format/length]
Outreach ask
[Specific, brief request to learn + why them + easy to say yes — no job ask].
Questions (tuned to your goal): [their path · day-to-day · how they broke in · what they wish they'd known · specific advice for you]. Run it: [open warmly · their story first · go deeper on useful bits · watch the time]. Don't: ask for a job · dominate · show up unprepared. Follow up: [specific thank-you · act on advice/intros · keep it warm]. Prep: [what to research about them].
Quality Checks
- Outreach asks for a short chat to learn, not a job
- Questions are tuned to the goal and not Google-able
- Guidance centers the other person's story
- Explicitly warns against turning it into a job pitch
- Includes a specific, relationship-building follow-up
- Notes what to research beforehand
Anti-Patterns
- Opening with a job ask or angling for one.
- Generic questions answerable by a quick search.
- Dominating or making it about you.
- Showing up unprepared about the person.
- No follow-up — wasting the connection.
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Help me prep for an informational interview with someone in product management."
- "What should I ask someone whose career I want to learn about?"
- "How do I reach out for a coffee chat without it being weird?"
- "I have a call with someone at a company I'm interested in — what do I ask?"
- "Questions for an informational interview to help me break into a field."
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/informational-interview-prep of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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What does Informational Interview Prep do?
Prepare for an informational interview — the outreach, the questions, and the follow-up — so a 20-minute chat actually helps your career instead of wasting their time. Informational Interview Prep is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Prepare for an informational interview — the outreach, the questions, and the follow-up — so a 20-minute chat actually helps your career instead of wasting their time.
When should I use Informational Interview Prep?
Informational Interview Prep fits situations like: asked to prep for an informational interview; questions to ask someone in [field]; how to reach out for a career chat; coffee chat prep.
How do I install Informational Interview Prep in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/informational-interview-prep in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/informational-interview-prep in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Informational Interview Prep in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/informational-interview-prep in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/informational-interview-prep in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Informational Interview Prep in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/informational-interview-prep, .gemini/skills/informational-interview-prep, .github/skills/informational-interview-prep and .opencode/skills/informational-interview-prep in your project.
What does Informational Interview Prep need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Informational Interview Prep is instructions for the agent only.
Does Informational Interview Prep access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Informational Interview Prep safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Informational Interview Prep use?
Informational Interview Prep is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Informational Interview Prep use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Informational Interview Prep?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Informational Interview Prep: Career-Ops Job Search Center (career-ops-hq/career-ops, 74k stars), Internship Project Preparation Tool (LiuMengxuan04/shushu-internship-tool, 2.1k stars), Interview Coach (noamseg/interview-coach-skill, 2.3k stars) and Job Application Assistant (MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search, 45k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Informational Interview Prep?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.