I honestly enjoy take-home assignments more, because they (well, at least the proper ones) mitigate many of the risks that are listed in the post. My experienc

I honestly enjoy take-home assignments more, because they (well, at least the proper ones) mitigate many of the risks that are listed in the post. My experience is that the interviewer can pretty much make or break a technical interview. I've had interviewers that used them in like they should (get a feel how you solve problems and think, how you communicate, etc.), and I've had garbage interviewers that read a script, with problems they themselves didn't understand. I know the view on take-home assignments is very polarized, but you know what? The net time spent is usually far, far less than the prepping game for technical interviews. You see people grinding leetcode for hundreds of hours, memorizing problems and solutions, trying to get every edge-case they can - just in case the interviewer throws something obscure at them. At least with assignments you get a well-defined problem, where you get time to think and reflect, and can work/learn enough to have a meaningful discussion.