Completely agreed. Also in my experience the takehomes are even more susceptible to being rejected for absolute bullshit reasons. Someone told me the thing I coded up in less than an hour to solve their problem was “overengineered” so they wouldn’t be moving forward.
Also... I think at 100% of the companies that have given me a homework assignment, it has always been in addition to, not in place of, a standard leetcode whiteboard round.
