Seeking actual code that you made is totally reasonable for the realm we're in. It's literally what you're being hired for. 1. set up a good GitHub (or other)

Seeking actual code that you made is totally reasonable for the realm we're in. It's literally what you're being hired for. 1. set up a good GitHub (or other) profile; convince potential employers to look at that rather than test you (I've done this - it can work) 2. if a company still insists you "do the test", then either your GH is too sparse (spruce it up!) or they're full of shit - but you have another data point to work with 3. even the most trivial "toy project" test could be 1 hr for one person and 6hr for another, so what's unreasonable for you may be totally reasonable for the level they're aiming at