Maybe for recent grads that have never build something worthwhile, but it is not reasonable for experienced people. If you are talking to 10 different places,

Maybe for recent grads that have never build something worthwhile, but it is not reasonable for experienced people. If you are talking to 10 different places, then having to do all these pointless exercises (which are a waste of time and productivity), for all of them becomes unsustainable. Most senior devs. (people with 5 years or more of experience), have their own projects or productive lives (either hobbies, or families) going on. I advise my friends to skip this step, and move on to other companies that don't introduce these useless hoops. Usually 80% of the time the companies come back and decide to skip this "homework" stage and go for a traditional interview. If this happens after an interview, just refuse to do it and move on to other companies. I have almost never heard good outcomes from it as usually the task is given if the interview didn't go well and they are not convinced of you. If you have a choice, you don't want to join a company that doesn't fully like having you.