I've also heard horror stories with take home projects that require multiple days of work, generally unpaid, and in the least charitable scenarios feel exploitative and like the company is just getting free labor.
So I was wondering what are alternatives that actually work? Some interesting examples I've encountered over the years include:
- Praetorian's Tech Challenges - https://www.praetorian.com/challenges/
- Fly.io's Gossip Glomers - https://fly.io/dist-sys/