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There's merit to the idea of having a writing sample from a candidate. If you want to know that a candidate can communicate effectively, you'll want to both hea
by justin_oaks 4y ago
There's merit to the idea of having a writing sample from a candidate. If you want to know that a candidate can communicate effectively, you'll want to both hear them talk and read their writing.
That said, I'm not sure whether or not these interview processes were set up with that in mind. If they were, they should also consider that writing can take a long time to produce and so the writing sample should be adjusted to not be too long.
- thrill 4y agoIME, writing something short and well is significantly harder than writing something long and well.
- markshuttle 4y agoFamously, paraphrasing, "my apologies for the long letter, but I did not have the time to write a short one" :)
- autarch 4y ago> There's merit to the idea of having a writing sample from a candidate. If you want to know that a candidate can communicate effectively, you'll want to both hear them talk and read their writing. Absolutely. I'm all for asking for a few paragraphs of writing later in the process, or for candidates to submit existing work early on.