Not to parse words too cutely, but, to hire someone requires discriminating amongst all of the applicants to choose the best fits. This is different from discri

Not to parse words too cutely, but, to hire someone requires discriminating amongst all of the applicants to choose the best fits. This is different from discrimination (which is “unjust”). There are certain protected classes that you are ethically not allowed to discriminate against. It is supposed to be merit based, but there is no perfect system. You would have to double blind reviewers, etc. so bias will always happen. As long as you arent doing it on purpose based on a protected class, I think whiteboard / take home are pretty tame and acceptable. Take home assignments work fine IMO. We have them and our company skews much older than SV. We have approx half or more of the company with kids and families and they have all gone through the same hiring process.