> Get a tiny open ended project, which requires more design/architecture skills than actually finishing the solution. You do it at your own time and shouldn't take more than 1-2h. You submit it and provide your mental process in writing.
I used to really like the idea of take homes, then I had kids and discovered just how hard it is to find time to do these (particularly for multiple applications while working).
Don't get me wrong, I think that they're generally a better test for the actual role, but they're not perfect, and they're game-able by spending way more time on them.
Interviewing is hard. Like, ideally, we'd just centralise the administration of these tests and you'd do a few every year (so formal CPD rather than an expectation that people do it in their off time) but that is never gonna happen in the tech industry for various good and bad reasons.
I used to really like the idea of take homes, then I had kids and discovered just how hard it is to find time to do these (particularly for multiple applications while working).
Don't get me wrong, I think that they're generally a better test for the actual role, but they're not perfect, and they're game-able by spending way more time on them.
Interviewing is hard. Like, ideally, we'd just centralise the administration of these tests and you'd do a few every year (so formal CPD rather than an expectation that people do it in their off time) but that is never gonna happen in the tech industry for various good and bad reasons.