RE: Portfolios of samples as Interviewing criteria

["Grant, Christopher" <CGrant -at- glhec -dot- org>]

> > It seems to me that someone bringing a sample to an interview should be 
> > able to fully talk about the sample, and that would include knowing 
> > something about what the product is and how it works.

> I don't know if I agree with this part.
 
> However, having written it 5-6 years ago, I couldn't remember what the
> application did to save my life.

Good point, but I don't think anyone would expect someone to be able to talk
intelligently about something they worked on that long ago.  I don't think
that's what this person was suggesting.  Rather, I read this as meaning that
if someone brings a sample and says it was created a few months ago, they
ought to be able to talk about the product for which the sample was created.

This seems extremely reasonable to me and sounds like a good way to
determine whether "I created this" means "I updated the fonts on this" or "I
researched, wrote, and published this." 

Chris Grant
  


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