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For an individual managing several job applications

Job Search & Interview Workbook

Keep the application, next conversation and follow-up together.

Connect vacancy references and document versions to interviews, follow-ups and offers. Review your entered stages and compare manually standardised annual amounts without reducing non-cash conditions to a score.

Format
Excel · .xlsx
Inside
7 worksheets
Included
Clean file + example + guide
$7.40USD · one-time priceTaxes included where applicable.Explore the sheets Follow the real example
1.0 / .xlsxClean file + example + PDFOne-time purchase · $7.40 USD
Illustration of an interview chair with a CV and a work briefcase
Check the capacity and fitWho it is for, supplied record limits and software requirements

The everyday problem

Keep the application, next conversation and follow-up together.

Connect vacancy references and document versions to interviews, follow-ups and offers. Review your entered stages and compare manually standardised annual amounts without reducing non-cash conditions to a score.

Optional guideNeed help getting started?Choose where to begin. All listed files are included.

Add the complete product to your cart whenever you’re ready. Use this guide only if you’d like help choosing what to open first; your choices do not change the product or its price.

Guide step 1 of 4

What would you like to do?

Pick a useful task, or build your own selection.

Choose one task

Which sheets would you explore first?

Choose your starting points. The workbook keeps all its connected sheets and formulas; this does not remove or rebuild worksheets.

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Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

Which file would you open first?

Both files are included. Choose which one you would open first in a desktop spreadsheet application.

Choose one starting file or method

Your starting plan.

Your first file or method

    Both XLSX files, all 7 connected sheets and the single included guide remain in the complete kit. Your selection identifies where to begin.

    Read the complete setup guide
    The complete product. Your starting choices do not change its contents or price.

    Your choices help you understand the complete product. They do not alter its contents or price.

    Both XLSX files, all 7 connected sheets and the single included guide remain in the complete kit. Your selection identifies where to begin.

    Read the tasks, contents and file choices

    Useful starting tasks

    Start with one connected record.. Use the included START_HERE.pdf guide to follow one complete task in a disposable example copy.

    Choose my own starting points. Explore the contents and select only the parts you would use first.

    Contents to explore

    • Dashboard: Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.
    • Start: Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.
    • Settings: Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.
    • Applications: Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.
    • Interviews: Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.
    • Follow-ups: Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.
    • Offers: Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

    Both files are included. Choose which one you would open first in a desktop spreadsheet application.

    Explore the worked example: Fictional records show how the sheets work together. Save a disposable copy before trying a change. job-search-workbook-example.xlsx

    Start my own working copy: Open the clean workbook after reading the guide. Keep the original and save a copy for your own records. job-search-workbook-clean.xlsx

    Follow the complete first taskUse the included guide and a disposable example copy.

    Your first useful session / Start with the example

    Start with one connected record.

    Follow this one complete task before entering your own records. Keep the blank original and save a working copy.

    1. Track one application

      Record vacancy reference, source, application date, current stage and CV version. Use your own stable application ID.

      Inspect Applications

    2. Prepare the next conversation

      Link an interview or follow-up to the Application ID. Keep preparation notes and confirmed dates beside the action.

      Inspect Interviews

    3. Compare like with like

      Enter comparable annual offer amounts and separate non-cash conditions. Update the stage yourself after a real response.

      Inspect Offers
    Read the complete setup guide

    EVERY WORKSHEET / ACTUAL EXAMPLE FILE

    See what you enter.
    Understand what updates.

    Inspect all 7 sheets. These are images of the delivered example, with fictional records. Open an image to read its full detail.

    Actual example worksheet · Preview range A1:E29. Image only; entries are made in your downloaded workbook.

    Dashboard

    Dashboard: Labelled summary and input warning count.

    You enter
    Use the linked input sheets
    Calculated or supplied reference
    Labelled summary and input warning count

    Actual example worksheet · Preview range A1:D40. Image only; entries are made in your downloaded workbook.

    Start

    Start: The route through the workbook.

    You enter
    Read the instructions
    Calculated or supplied reference
    The route through the workbook

    Actual example worksheet · Preview range A1:D27. Image only; entries are made in your downloaded workbook.

    Settings

    Settings: Input validation.

    You enter
    Review date, reporting period and currency label
    Calculated or supplied reference
    Input validation

    Actual example worksheet · Preview range A1:L14. Image only; entries are made in your downloaded workbook.

    Applications

    Applications: 250 supplied input rows.

    You enter
    Record ID, Organisation, Role, Source, Applied on, Stage, CV / letter version, Vacancy reference, Reference / short note
    Calculated or supplied reference
    Days since application, Open follow-ups

    Actual example worksheet · Preview range A1:I14. Image only; entries are made in your downloaded workbook.

    Interviews

    Interviews: 300 supplied input rows.

    You enter
    Record ID, Application ID, Interview date, Time / timezone, Format / contact, Preparation / evidence, State, Reference / short note
    Calculated or supplied reference
    Input check

    Actual example worksheet · Preview range A1:I14. Image only; entries are made in your downloaded workbook.

    Follow-ups

    Follow-ups: 400 supplied input rows.

    You enter
    Record ID, Application ID, Due on, Next action, Completed on, Reference / short note
    Calculated or supplied reference
    Open count, Action state

    Actual example worksheet · Preview range A1:K14. Image only; entries are made in your downloaded workbook.

    Offers

    Offers: 50 supplied input rows.

    You enter
    Record ID, Application ID, Received on, Annual base, Annual variable assumption, Annual commute cost estimate, Weekly hours, Work pattern / benefits, Reply by
    Calculated or supplied reference
    Annual cash less commute
    Follow the supplied fictional exampleRead the inputs and the result together

    From the supplied fictional example

    The supplied fictional example

    The fictional records connect one interview and one open follow-up to the application. Its offer comparison gives USD 35,800 from manually entered comparable annual amounts; it is not a net-pay or tax calculation.

    Review date
    13 October 2026
    Reporting period
    1–31 October 2026
    Open follow-up for the application
    1
    Comparable offer amount
    USD 35,800

    FOLLOW THE ACTUAL EXAMPLE FILE

    The supplied fictional example

    Fictional records from the supplied example XLSX. Follow the same references through the sheets, then start your own clean copy.

    The records behind the result

    Review date 13 October 2026

    Reporting period 1–31 October 2026

    The fictional records connect one interview and one open follow-up to the application. Its offer comparison gives USD 35,800 from manually entered comparable annual amounts; it is not a net-pay or tax calculation.

    Open follow-up for the application
    1
    Comparable offer amount
    USD 35,800

    This is an explanation of the downloadable workbook, not an online editor. Its complete clean and worked files are included. Save a working copy first. Manual entry; no automatic sync or external connections.

    Inspect the actual worksheets

    From setup to a regular review

    How you use it.

    Open the 3-step setup and review routineInputs, calculations and the decision each step supports
    1. 01

      Track one application

      You enter

      Record vacancy reference, source, application date, current stage and CV version. Use your own stable application ID.

      Calculated

      Linked records and input checks use the same stable IDs; review the labelled calculated cells.

      Your next step

      Keep the source record and the review together.

    2. 02

      Prepare the next conversation

      You enter

      Link an interview or follow-up to the Application ID. Keep preparation notes and confirmed dates beside the action.

      Calculated

      Linked records and input checks use the same stable IDs; review the labelled calculated cells.

      Your next step

      Keep the source record and the review together.

    3. 03

      Compare like with like

      You enter

      Enter comparable annual offer amounts and separate non-cash conditions. Update the stage yourself after a real response.

      Calculated

      Linked records and input checks use the same stable IDs; review the labelled calculated cells.

      Your next step

      Keep the source record and the review together.

    7 sheets. Inspect each one.Inputs, outputs and when to use every worksheet
    StartOpen sheet details

    Editable inputs

    • Read the instructions

    Calculated or reference

    • The route through the workbook

    Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

    Inspect the actual Start sheet
    SettingsOpen sheet details

    Editable inputs

    • Review date, reporting period and currency label

    Calculated or reference

    • Input validation

    Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

    Inspect the actual Settings sheet
    ApplicationsOpen sheet details

    Editable inputs

    • Record ID, Organisation, Role, Source, Applied on, Stage, CV / letter version, Vacancy reference, Reference / short note

    Calculated or reference

    • Days since application, Open follow-ups

    Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

    Inspect the actual Applications sheet
    InterviewsOpen sheet details

    Editable inputs

    • Record ID, Application ID, Interview date, Time / timezone, Format / contact, Preparation / evidence, State, Reference / short note

    Calculated or reference

    • Input check

    Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

    Inspect the actual Interviews sheet
    Follow-upsOpen sheet details

    Editable inputs

    • Record ID, Application ID, Due on, Next action, Completed on, Reference / short note

    Calculated or reference

    • Open count, Action state

    Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

    Inspect the actual Follow-ups sheet
    OffersOpen sheet details

    Editable inputs

    • Record ID, Application ID, Received on, Annual base, Annual variable assumption, Annual commute cost estimate, Weekly hours, Work pattern / benefits, Reply by

    Calculated or reference

    • Annual cash less commute

    Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

    Inspect the actual Offers sheet
    DashboardOpen sheet details

    Editable inputs

    • Use the linked input sheets

    Calculated or reference

    • Labelled summary and input warning count

    Enter or review these records before relying on the dashboard.

    Inspect the actual Dashboard sheet
    Compare with a manual starting pointWhat the connected workbook adds
    What is includedA standalone manual listJob Search & Interview Workbook 1.0
    Connected record IDsReferences you carry and check manuallyLinked input records with source checks
    Repeat calculationsCalculated separately by handFormula-driven reviews using the workbook dates
    A complete starting copyCreate and maintain your own structureClean XLSX, fictional example and one setup guide
    Files, capacities and practical limitsRead these before choosing your working copy

    The download

    Files with a purpose.

    START_HERE.pdf

    Your one guide: first session, file index, limits, recovery and license.

    job-search-workbook/job-search-workbook-clean.xlsx

    Empty workbook. Save As a working copy before entering your own records.

    job-search-workbook/job-search-workbook-example.xlsx

    The same workbook with fictional records and reviewed outputs.

    English instructions, sheet names and field labels.

    Before you choose

    Fit and practical limits.

    • For an individual managing several job applications

    Understand the boundaries.

    • Save a working copy first. Manual entry; no automatic sync or external connections.
    • Fixed supplied capacities: extend formulas, tables and validations before adding more rows.
    • Use one currency; currency labels do not convert money. No accounting or professional advice.
    • Resolve input warnings before using summaries. Blank means unknown; enter 0 for a known zero.
    • No job scraping, email sending, candidate scoring, application submission or employment advice.
    • Offer amounts are manual comparable annual figures in the same currency; benefits and working conditions stay separate.
    • Status counts describe your records, not a hiring probability or an assessment of your worth.

    XLSX for a current Excel application. Digital engine tests are separate from native Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers verification.

    Job Search & Interview Workbook / Version 1.0

    Your own working copy.

    Clean workbook, separate example and one START_HERE.pdf guide covering setup, practical limits and the internal-use license.

    $7.40USD · One-time purchaseTaxes included where applicable.

    Desktop spreadsheet software required; it is not included. Native Excel compatibility is still awaiting verification.

    Digital download. Review availability and the final total in your cart.

    Questions about this workbook

    The details that affect your choice.

    Do I need to connect an account?

    No. These are manual, downloadable workbooks with no external connections.

    Can I add unlimited rows?

    No. The supplied capacities are listed above. Extend every relevant formula, validation and review range before adding records beyond them.

    What if the dashboard shows a warning?

    Find and correct the Input check in the source table. Do not overwrite the result cell. Keep a backup before changing identifiers.

    Read the practical guide Format, delivery & license FAQ

    Full-size worksheet image. Scroll inside the image area to inspect wide columns.