If you are interviewing X number of people for 1 job, you also have to expect a candidate is applying at ~X number of jobs. Asking them to work on your codebase

If you are interviewing X number of people for 1 job, you also have to expect a candidate is applying at ~X number of jobs. Asking them to work on your codebase without compensation, or do any take home work without compensation, is exploitative.