Interview work request response boilerplate

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To ______,

Thank you for the opportunity to interview with your team. I am excited to see the lineup set up for me to meet with.

Unfortunately, I will need to ask you to come up with a different project. I do not do work before hire on a potential employer's product or client's project. This is a firm policy I have upheld not only for myself, but in support of Designers, Writers, Developers, and Researchers less able to refuse to do Work on Spec.

Please let me know if you have any questions and I am happy to work with everyone to find a topic we can all work on from a blank slate together. Alternatively, having briefly reviewed the materials provided and the ask, I can draft a contract for what I'm estimating to be two full days of freelance research / analysis and reporting, plus one full day of presentation and discussion.

Again, please know that this is a unilateral policy I have for any and all potential employers, clients, etc. and that should I gain employment with _____ I will require that this is removed from the interview process.

Sincerely, 
Alexis

As reference, please see the following:

Mike Monteiro - Founder of Mule Design
https://creativemornings.com/talks/mike-monteiro--2/1

New York Times - Wage Theft Legislation
https://www.nytimes.com/…/freelancers-city-council-wage-the…

Freelancer's Union - Freelance Isn't Free
https://www.freelancersunion.org/advoc…/freelance-isnt-free/

Additional Resources
https://www.nospec.com/
http://modernworkmag.co.uk/…/nofreework-%E2%80%9…/1456499433
https://www.vice.com/…/why-the-fuck-you-pay-me-ethos-is-mor…

#NoFreeWork
#NoSpec
#NoWritingLeftBehind