What do you like to include in your portfolio reviews during job interviews?

What’s in your portfolio is different from what you include in a portfolio review or critique. What are your must-haves for your portfolio reviews?

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Should it be different? I think it's about the process, initial problems, challenges and outcome, something that should already be in a portfolio for each project, starting with the "why"

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