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3-4 is a lot, but otherwise, that’s a totally normal request.
Not awkward at all. I’ve been interviewing and asked to share 3 decks with one place and present 1 at another. It’s supposed to be a step up from asking you to do hypothetical project that they won’t pay you for. Which I think it is bc I once burned a perfectly fine weekend doing that.
If it’s that sensitive, maybe make sure they don’t have any competitors clients with whatever client work you share? And redact sales data?
Pretty sure your current agency would consider this a violation of your conditions of employment. I think it is a weird request, and they shouldn’t put you in the position of compromising ethics. Redacted or not, it feels wrong to me.
Not awkward at all. They want to know how you think and present, not the specific data points relating to your past clients business.
They won't think it's awkward. They're looking to see how you think, not to glean proprietary data from your client. If you still feel uncomfortable, you can show work without sending it, redact a page that you feel is too sensitive, or show a Cannes entry case or Effie entry that you've worked on instead.
I’ve redacted my work before, and I have asked for work from candidates to be redacted. It’s pretty important to know the way that somebody thinks, their style, how they set up a POV. i’d rather do that than waste someone’s time asking them to do an assignment. There was another thread that a lot of people including myself commented on about agencies asking people to do assignments. I got asked to do a pitch for a job I was considering to see how I would think. They wanted me to come in on evenings and weekends. Obviously that didn’t work out.
They want to see how you think, and specifically how you explain the way you think to others.