I love take-home style interviews. They're without exception the most informative for both the interviewee and the company: much more can be conveyed than in a hour face-to-face, and it's less stressful both to produce and to review, and just plain less painful to schedule.
Doing it before the in-person stage is a little unusual (maybe after the first phonecall, to confirm it's not a waste of time for a position that's already filled, etc, would make more sense?), but I respect the idea.
Thanks for your feed back. It's understandable that this might be too much for some people.
To date, we've had a single person skip those questions and still submit. This person was not a qualified applicant.
Based on the applications we've received this very minimal list of requirements appears to be working as desired. We're interested in employees who are going to do the best work of their careers. I'm okay with having a slightly higher bar (in terms of application effort) for that type of person.
I love take-home style interviews. They're without exception the most informative for both the interviewee and the company: much more can be conveyed than in a hour face-to-face, and it's less stressful both to produce and to review, and just plain less painful to schedule.
Doing it before the in-person stage is a little unusual (maybe after the first phonecall, to confirm it's not a waste of time for a position that's already filled, etc, would make more sense?), but I respect the idea.