> Take home tests or whiteboard tests or whatever are ok to use as a filter, but people aren't points along a one-dimensional "quality" line. They are unless y

> Take home tests or whiteboard tests or whatever are ok to use as a filter, but people aren't points along a one-dimensional "quality" line. They are unless you're going to hire everyone who ever applies. At some point, you're choosing between two candidates, and the only way you can make that choice is by projecting them onto a one-dimensional line. The approach you describe: > stop thinking about how they might fail and start thinking about what it would look like if they succeed. They'll have different strengths and advantages. is one method of doing that, but not an especially effective one.