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This post originally hit the smolweb on 13 July 22 at gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/trdaisuke/2022-07-13.txt

Title: I underestimated how long 500 words actually is...
Date: 2022-07-13

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Phew, it took way longer than I anticipated, but I completed the written
interview for the position I applied for! Time for a beer or two XD

I think the reason it took way longer than I anticipated was because I
started by being as concise as possible. There was a word limit, so
I decided to try to try to err on the size of nice, limited prose for
each of the five questions.

But then, after answering all five of the questions they asked, I finally
checked my answers against the word limit, and damn, my nice, concise
answers were only about 150 words each and the word limit was 500!!!

In a panic, I had to spend another hour and a half expanding on all my
nice concise answers. I had thought they were great, but like... what
if they look at these small word counts and think I didn't spend enough
time on them??! What if all the other candidates used all 500 words?? :o

I didn't end up using all 500 words for any of them... but at least I
got them up to a more respectable (maybe?) 350-400 words each. I don't
honestly know if all the additional information I provided will actually
help. I personally value brevity and would rather read a concise 150
words than a boring 400 words... so here's hoping whoever is evaluating
me doesn't find them boring!

Bottom line, I guess: 500 words is longer than I thought! This post, for
instance, is only 287 words.

I sincerely apologize for the abuse of punctuation in this post. I have
had a beer and a half since I started :guilty face: