These pre-interview assignments actually end up saving everyone a lot of time in my experience, and go further to respect the candidate (letting them use their

These pre-interview assignments actually end up saving everyone a lot of time in my experience, and go further to respect the candidate (letting them use their own editors, highlight their own strengths, etc.) Try-before-you-buy is actually the entire point of an interview, you're just not going to escape that unless you are already close with the interviewers.