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A self-written "sample" tells me nothing about a candidate's ability to
obtain information from SMEs, marshall a project through reviews or
publish on schedule. A sample of actual product at least gives me an
opportunity to ask a candidate to tell me about these things.
If you know you won't be able to use anything from your jobs as examples
of your work, you should be cultivating long term relationships with
people who will be willing to talk to a prospective employer about your
abilities outside of the usual "we're not allowed to give references" HR
channels. Actually, you should be doing that no matter how many samples
you have available.
Gene Kim-Eng
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