Big red flag if you think the only way to impress someone of your coding skills is if you overengineer a solution. If some candidate submitted an overengineered solution, I wouldn't hire them.
I agree on needing time to solve the take-home. That's the biggest con with this approach.
If you don't have the desire to complete the take-home exercise, then you probably don't want to work there in the first place.
Big red flag if you think the only way to impress someone of your coding skills is if you overengineer a solution. If some candidate submitted an overengineered solution, I wouldn't hire them.
I agree on needing time to solve the take-home. That's the biggest con with this approach.
If you don't have the desire to complete the take-home exercise, then you probably don't want to work there in the first place.