At my work we use Codility. Every applicant is given a link to a codility test and the decision to proceed to phone screen/etc is made based on their result. Th

At my work we use Codility. Every applicant is given a link to a codility test and the decision to proceed to phone screen/etc is made based on their result. There are some exceptions made, i.e. it's not a flat "you need to score at least X" but it resolves the "can you actually write some code" question up front.