>>>>In my experience, these take home projects are woefully underspecified. Completely agree. I'm still not sure what these "challenges" even prove. If you're

>>>>In my experience, these take home projects are woefully underspecified. Completely agree. I'm still not sure what these "challenges" even prove. If you're a developer, you should have reams of examples of code, a github account with work, and plenty of other avenues for people to check if you can do basic coding from scratch. Even a junior developer will/should have several examples of work they've done while in school. I've been in a lot of "technical" interviews and once they start asking coding questions, I usually ask them if they've looked at my online portfolio, or the examples on my github account. 95% of the time, I'm able to pull an example which deals directly with that they're asking. Doing this has two effects. One, it proves I can do what they're asking. And two, it puts the responsibility back on the interviewer. It's like asking, "Did you do your due diligence, or are you wasting my time asking me this question?"