I can see this being misinterperted badly in the field of software engineering (it doesn&#x27;t seem specific to software) as it says work sample tests are best, yet most software is large scale, and takes time to develop and ought to involve planning, architecture, coding, technology selection, testing. So most &quot;sample work&quot; for an interview will actually be nothing like that but a short rushed version that is supposed to emulate it in some way.