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by slantyyz 5647 days ago
These days I find that people get help (whether it's from a friend or copy/paste from somewhere else) that it's not a very good indicator of their writing or communication skills.

Even the cover letter isn't a good example, since many of them are cut and paste jobs.

I can't tell you how many people I've interviewed over the phone whose resumes were acceptably well written but couldn't put a sentence together when you talked to them.

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That's why as part of the interview we get people to write a short set of vulnerability findings from pen test output. It sorts out people who've got canned text from those who can actually write.