Re: job interview question: ethical issues about portfolio

[Askrycek -at- cs -dot- com]

Here's a related question: Does anyone see anything wrong with putting pieces 
in your portfolio that were collaborative efforts with other writers-

The reason I ask is: The first time I compiled a portfolio, I only included 
work that was entirely my own. This wasn't hard because I was new to the 
field back then, so I created documents specifically for the portfolio. Since 
then I've had only one job, and -- maybe this is typical -- but just about 
every book and chapter I worked on there was inherited from someone else, or 
else I worked on it as part of a team...

So, if you're creating a portfolio that you'd like to be able to leave with 
the interviewers to review at their leisure (I've been asked to do this at 
two out of four interviews), is there any danger of getting nailed for 
including items that aren't entirely your own? Since you won't be there to 
explain the authorship, should you be concerned about any ambiguity, or would 
an explanatory note at the top of the sample be sufficient to take care of 
this problem?

thanks, avery

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