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I've done take home tasks before. One of them I had to do landed me a job at a really great company that I'm happy I didn't miss.

I agree it's maybe a little less respectful of a candidate's time, but as long as it's not too big a task I don't think it's unreasonable either.

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I think it depends on the perspective (and the state of the market): two scenarios a) "candidates are willing to work for companies, therefore companies have a bit more of control over the whole interview process", and b) "companies are looking for (scarce) good talent out there, therefore candidates have a bit more of control over the whole interview process".

When I was a junior developer I used to deal with a). Now that I have more years of experience I usually deal with b).

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