Google Sheets and Excel workbook
Do Not Send Yet
A final sanity check for a finished interview assignment. Work through one question at a time, then use the correction list to find what needs fixing before you submit or present.
You've done the take-home.
You'd quite reasonably like your evening back.
Do Not Send Yet is a Google Sheets and Excel workbook for the last check before you submit or present an interview assignment.
Record the issues you find. The workbook gathers them into one correction list with the slide, page, section or file to fix.
Use it for case studies, business cases, work samples, presentations, mock pitches, written briefs or spreadsheets. Plan for a 30-minute review. Corrections may take longer.
What you'll check
- Whether your work answers the instructions, including deadlines and delivery requirements.
- Whether important claims have sources or are clearly labeled as assumptions.
- Whether old employer or client material, private notes or hidden content need to come out.
- Whether the final file is readable and its links, media and sharing settings work.
Optional help from ChatGPT or Claude
The included prompt helps find where your draft answers each requirement. You review its table and decide what needs fixing.
Use the workbook on its own if you prefer. If you use the prompt, share only material you have permission to share with the AI service.
See inside the workbook
One payment
$19
Both Google Sheets and Excel are included. Reuse the workbook for your own future applications.
What you get
Google Sheets and Excel workbooks, setup instructions and a completed fictional example showing six problems and their corrections.
Before you buy
Work on a computer in Google Sheets with a Google account or in current desktop Microsoft Excel. Other spreadsheet apps may change formulas or formatting.
You review the assignment yourself; the workbook organizes your findings. It does not write or grade your work, interpret a confidentiality agreement or NDA, or guarantee a hiring result.
Status words accompany colors, and the PDFs are tagged and searchable. Screen-reader behavior depends on Excel or Google Sheets.
Your information
West of Obvious has no automatic access to your copy or its contents. Keep private employer or client material out of the workbook.
The assignment itself can ask too much.
The free Candidate Labor Standard explains why sample work should be short and fictional, and why companies should pay for substantial work they can use.
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