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As I have previously recounted, I once had a candidate
who had worked at a previous employer present *my own*
past work to me as a writing sample. This is why it
helps to have multiple samples from multiple clients
or employers. Even when a writer has to work within a
predefined template, there's usually some sort of common
characteristic to a person's work that can be pointed to.
Gene Kim-Eng
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Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:21:38 -0700 ?wrote:
I have had that happen, but it was clear from the timing that I had worked at the place the piece was from before the other applicant was there. I also think the skill levels and amount of knowledge about the samples made it clear who had done the bulk of the work.
In this case, another applicant who had worked at the same place I had, *after* I had been there, had done some maintenance editing on a manual for which I had done the design and original writing. She had indeed claimed to have done the design and original writing, passing off the piece as entirely hers.
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