Sounds to me like you should just focus on the assessment test and skip the rest. After all the point is to filter out the bad ones as early as possible and foc

Sounds to me like you should just focus on the assessment test and skip the rest. After all the point is to filter out the bad ones as early as possible and focus all your time and attention on deciding whether a good developer will fit with your team, your platform, your project. So after a quick phone screen, give them the assessment test, and only continue if they shine on that.