Ugh, so many points I would like to address, but can't without turning this into a lengthy essay. Anyway I'm currently interviewing and have been on both sides

Ugh, so many points I would like to address, but can't without turning this into a lengthy essay. Anyway I'm currently interviewing and have been on both sides of the recruitment process. I don't mind homework, but I know that more often than not it's never read or taken into account. I discovered this by accident when I published my solution through a service that sends a notification when somebody downloads. Eventually they did, but only after I passed all the other steps - even though the task was given early in the process. I've been publishing them like this ever since and this is my experience so far. So yeah, coding challenges apparently are just a way to gauge your level of commitment, not a way to test your skills. Personally I'm turning this around by asking to see a piece of code before we discuss compensation in detail. Dodged at least one bullet this way.