You request a recommendation from a former boss as you apply for a new job. She asks you to write your own reference letter for her to sign. Is this OK to do?

• Of course. The boss will obviously sign it only if she agrees with what it says. No harm done.

• You got lucky: Don't ask questions, just write it and have her sign it before she changes her mind!

• Politely decline and tell the boss you'd rather the letter be in her own words.

• Skip it. Go ask someone else who will actually write a reference for you.