[potta_coffee]

I don't feel that take-home tests are fair because of the time that is required, but on the other side of it, I excel at them and have gotten my best jobs from returning excellent results on take-home projects in a short amount of time. For some reason, the format just works better for me and it takes a lot of the pressure out of the process. The downsides become more apparent when you're interviewing for several jobs at the same time and have more than one take-home assignment.

[bilkoo]

I think lots of companies compensate for take-home tests (as we are doing now). Also I think the willingness to do a take-home is in itself a good filter (but you gotta make it interesting, as parent said)

[happy_path]

That's right. That's the main point in favor of making the candidate do a simple questionnaire in office (or remote but in real time). Only 1 hour of their time is wasted.