looking at any renders of the asset on whatever site it came from might offer a clue. doesn't seem like it's a texture in the conventinal sense. see what happens if you give it spherical/reflection coordinates in Maya? I can't remember how you do that in Maya and explaining how it works is redundant because everything in…
Like you say it depends on the situation... the size/quality of the pool of applicants, and the urgency in the studio. I've seen each of these situations, on the inside as the one doing the hiring. Sometimes you have a large pool of applicants and can be picky. Other times you are willing to invest in training on-site,…