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>This question is on behalf of a friend who had an interview yesterday
for a >Documentation Specialist. The job responsibilities include:
creating online >Help, writing user manuals, and designing process
flows. The hiring manager >stated she wanted to verify my friend's
competency using Office, therefore, >she requested writing samples of
technical documentation using Microsoft >Excel. Does anyone have any
suggestions or experience creating technical >documentation using Excel?
In my years of work experience, I've only used >Excel to assist
programmers with requirement matrices. Any suggestions are >appreciated.
That seems really odd to me. Sounds like there may have been a
miscommunication between the hiring manager and the writing department?
At any rate, I would ask for further clarification before I submitted
anything. If that isn't possible, I'd submit some writing samples in
Word and some Excel spreadsheets (if I had anything appropriate) and
hope for the best.
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