What I can't stand is the way taking advantage of people in such a dumb way. If she is trying to test how good the applicants are. She should get them writting at her presence instead of sending them back home to do so. How can she tell whether this letter be written by the applicant him/herself or just get help from others? so all she care is the get the free work. She is not sincere of hiring at all. Just use it as a bait to rob free labour from new immigrants because new immigrants don't get the sense that here in Canada, you time, labour are valuable.