We do take-home, and tell the candidate to not use more than 4 hours on it and deliver it any time during the next week (this is to respect their time). The te

We do take-home, and tell the candidate to not use more than 4 hours on it and deliver it any time during the next week (this is to respect their time). The testing system logs their activity, so if someone decides to spend two days on it, we'll know. Not a problem as such, but it raises our expectations of the delivery. :) Next stage is a technical interview of 60-90 minutes where we a) try to find what their strengths are and how deep they go, and b) ask them to explain how they solved the take-home. b) is critical. Of course it tests for the skill that is critical in teamwork: communication ability, but it also lets us catch cheaters. After this it's HR and reference checking. It's worked well so far.