I don't know, if a company asks me to complete a simple test application, I might be more inclined to talk with them, because it means my interview (ostensibly)

I don't know, if a company asks me to complete a simple test application, I might be more inclined to talk with them, because it means my interview (ostensibly) would be about the code I'd submitted. Which in turn is much more like what a day in the life of a developer would be like at their company (I write code, review with team lead, repeat, or somesuch).