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> A: ぜひ、君にこの仕事をしてもらいたいんだ。  
>  B: わたし **なんか** できませんよ。この会社に入ったばかりですから。

I learned that なんか expresses that one doesn't appreciate the preceding thing
much. In this case, it would be わたし. I could think of contexts where this
makes sense, but I feel unsure about what is meant in these sentences. In the
following sentence, I think ばかり expresses that the subject just entered the
company. In that case, maybe なんか is used because the subject thinks of himself
as not sufficiently competent?
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なんか in 「わたしなんかできませんよ。」
You're on the right track with 'I learned that なんか expresses that one doesn't
appreciate the preceding thing much.' Basically, なんか here expresses a light
form of self-deprecation. It helps 'soften' their refusal to do the work.

> A: 'Please, I'd like you to do this work.'
>
> B: 'There's no way _I_ (of all people) could do it. I've only just entered
> this company, after all.'
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