> I've only ever seen take-home challenges in the 1-4 hour range. For college hiring, that's on top of a busy schedule (and everyone interviews roughly at the

> I've only ever seen take-home challenges in the 1-4 hour range. For college hiring, that's on top of a busy schedule (and everyone interviews roughly at the same time). So the take-homes add up. And it's a long time commitment from the candidate but a potentially very short one from the employer (run some automatic grading/testing then ghost the candidate). Going to an on-site and meeting engineers shows more commitment on the employer's side (talking to the candidate is worth 2 hours of an engineer's time). But if you have a good completion rate for your take-home, that's great.