I think take homes are pretty good. I have done them and I am now providing them for new applicants where I work. It is amazing how many people have a resume

I think take homes are pretty good. I have done them and I am now providing them for new applicants where I work. It is amazing how many people have a resume that looks good, and seem solid but they cant code in any reasonable way. We do phone screen, bring in applicants that have a good resume and presented ok on the phone part. If we like them, we give them a take home assignment that is based on our technology stack, everyone gets the same one for each posistion. They committ it to our github, we spend some time looking through it. We bring back the best performers for a second interview where they can present their work and talk about the experience. If we like that we hire them :) The quality of our hires have gone up once we started doing it. I understand it is not for everyone.