While I agree that a focus on "work samples" is inappropriate, I must emphatically agree with the parent's broader point. The way companies in this industry co

While I agree that a focus on "work samples" is inappropriate, I must emphatically agree with the parent's broader point. The way companies in this industry conduct interviews and measure performance is like an aerospace engineering company testing candidates for satellite engineering on their understanding of the Standard Model (physics) or group theory or some such. There's too narrow a focus on what is required of an engineer in the software industry.