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by pseale 6044 days ago
Yeah, it's somewhat frustrating how some people will screen you for sending a .DOC, and some people will screen you for NOT sending a .DOC. For extra fun, let's ask whether we should wear a suit to the interview: must wear for consideration, or immediate disqualification/no-hire? There's disagreement there as well.

The only safe advice is to ask ahead of time; unfortunately for you, there was no one to ask. Dysfunction is unfortunately common.

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"and some people will screen you for NOT sending a .DOC"

Yeah I do think that is equally stupid as well. To me doc, pdf, text or even odf is fair game.