Track job applications and prep interviews with Notion and GPT-5-mini
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 15 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 09:00) (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects Gmail, OpenAI, Notion and Slack.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 09:00) (plus 2 other triggers).
- Get Applications Due for Follow-up (Notion): get many (database page)
- Route by Input Source (Switch): routes items into 2 branches
- Has Pending Follow-ups? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Scrape Job Posting URL (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
- Extract Job Details with AI (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Send Slack Reminder (Slack): uses Slack
- Parse and Structure Job Data (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Generate Interview Prep Materials (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Save Application to Notion (Notion): work with database page
- Prepare Success Response (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: summary
…plus 2 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
- Still check Gmail Trigger below v1.4 runs as v1.4 (drafts skipped, max emails per poll) (Check for Forwarded Applications).
Nodes used (13)
- Webhook
n8n-nodes-base.webhook - Gmail Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.gmailTrigger - Switch
n8n-nodes-base.switch - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Notion
n8n-nodes-base.notion - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Respond to Webhook
n8n-nodes-base.respondToWebhook - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack
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