Well, first of all, define "sanity check". About trial periods, there are places that do those, and a lot of people hate it. There is a lot of risk involved in

Well, first of all, define "sanity check". About trial periods, there are places that do those, and a lot of people hate it. There is a lot of risk involved in leaving a permanent gig to "try out" for another one. If they let you go at the end of the trial period then you're out on your ass. I personally would never do this if I were already employed- there's nothing in it for me but downside. But more broadly, lots of places try these different avenues for hiring and inevitably some large portion of potential employees hate it. Try doing take-home tests? Well, those are biased toward people with more free time, so obviously you're discriminating against people who have children. Interviews using Coderpad? Now you're discriminating against people who get anxious in the moment and need more time to think. This is not easy or simple.