Fair points on several fronts: You're right about the "10+ monthly" number - that was probably too high for most companies. More realistic is probably 3-5 mont

Fair points on several fronts: You're right about the "10+ monthly" number - that was probably too high for most companies. More realistic is probably 3-5 monthly for growing startups, but your point stands. On the tooling disputes - this is actually something we're grappling with. You're absolutely right that engineers want to pick their tools, and being forced into unfamiliar AI interfaces could be worse than a whiteboard. We're experimenting with letting candidates choose their preferred AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) rather than forcing our choice. The cultural/social component point is spot-on. This isn't meant to replace human interaction entirely - more to supplement the technical assessment part. The in-person cultural evaluation is still crucial. Curious: do you think there's any way to make technical assessment more realistic without introducing new tool friction?