As I stated, my take-home tests are post-phone screen. The idea of hiring a programmer without seeing non-trivial code is stupid. If a dev has a body of publicl

As I stated, my take-home tests are post-phone screen. The idea of hiring a programmer without seeing non-trivial code is stupid. If a dev has a body of publicly-available work IMO a take-home test might not be necessary, but it depends on the nature of those works. For doctors and lawyers there are known sources of publicly-available information regarding their history, background, cases, etc. and the referral system is more formalized than for developers.