Good developers have always a project that they are working on. Be either an open source project, app, game, little library, whatever. Working on a take home a

Good developers have always a project that they are working on. Be either an open source project, app, game, little library, whatever. Working on a take home assignment is just a waste of time, where that person could be working on something useful. Or they could be spending that time with their kids, friends, or just relaxing. The only time it is ok to ask for a take home assignment is when the person is at most a couple of years out of school, and they haven't proven themselves yet. I personally refuse doing to do take home assignment as I have enough projects in my belt that I can show. It is usually a sign that the other party is not mature enough, and they don't know what they are looking for, and once you join that company they will treat like a junior engineer, when you might be past that.