Did you see the beginning of my post? > I used to be against takehome evaluations (I thought companies showed the most respect to candidates by being present d

Did you see the beginning of my post? > I used to be against takehome evaluations (I thought companies showed the most respect to candidates by being present during the evaluation), but we've recently had a few candidates say they prefer it as they think it gives them a better chance to show their skills. We developed this as an option based on candidate demand. Re: > Maybe you are trying to hire folks that are not regulars here. I knew when making this post that the HN crowd is pretty opposed to takehomes. Again, I was too. But I've been meeting more good engineers (candidates) who actively prefer the takehome format. And I'm very sympathetic to it: your daily work won't be a "quiz" with someone over your shoulder or even a bunch of whiteboarding. It will be asynchronously coding.