Last time I went around interviewing, companies that passed out homework basically front-loaded the candidate time commitment so that they only had to put in th

Last time I went around interviewing, companies that passed out homework basically front-loaded the candidate time commitment so that they only had to put in their own time if the candidate looked promising. The homework was not bad in itself, but was a symptom of a larger problem. Namely, the company was unwilling to invest equal energy into the interviewing process as their candidates. So my first impression of the company was that it was full of brusque assholes that valued their time more than mine. It seemed patronizing. This was certainly also possible without homework, as in the case of the companies that wanted me to disclose my salary expectations up front, without disclosing what they expected to pay the median candidate. They wanted to reject quickly, so they could reject more candidates, and finally get to the good one that they'd want to hire. As the article author might put it, don't use an evaluation tool as a screening tool.