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Subject:Re: Should I Say Something? From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Mon, 17 May 1999 09:13:03 -0700
I believe the original poster stated that *he* had requested to see the
samples, the samples were not presented to him unsolicited. So unless the
interviewer anticipated the question and had poor, pre-selected examples all
ready to show, I doubt that it was an interview test.
Bev Parks
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Comeau, Lisa [SMTP:Lisa -dot- Comeau -at- MOH -dot- GOV -dot- ON -dot- CA]
>
> John said:
> "What if what you critique something that was written by the person you
> are
> interviewing with and he was real proud of that content?"
>
>
> ...and what if you were given the sample chock full of errors to see how
> you
> react, or how well you proofread? Catch 22. You could always ask where the
> samples came from, why they were chosen - anyrthing to get more info, and
> then ask if they would be interested in your comments...
>
>
