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  Jonathan Byrgen February 22, 2019 at 11:14am

  Review the samples

  Some hiring managers put great stock in writing samples, but others don't, for two reasons: first, they're not hard to fake, and second, it can be hard to evaluate quality without understanding the context in which the samples were produced, especially if they were from an industry unfamiliar to you. If you have a team of writers that the candidate would be joining, have them go over the samples while you interview, and then have them join in for detailed questions on the samples.