So this. We always give realworld actual mini 'regular day at the office' assignments, and it was a great filter. We ended up giving it a lot because people wou

So this. We always give realworld actual mini 'regular day at the office' assignments, and it was a great filter. We ended up giving it a lot because people would ghost or give up after days of (fundamentally bad) work, then the right candidate would arrive and nail it in hours. We had recruiters tell us not to do tech interviews, nobody likes them, etc, but our team was so strong for it. And really, we were mostly testing generics. Use stack overflow by all means, but just know what you are copying and how to modify it!