# In Defense of the Take-Home Coding Challenge

DevFeed: [In Defense of the Take-Home Coding Challenge](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/imperfect-3-39454.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://imperfect.substack.com/p/imperfect-3>)

Author: Pedro Gil Carvalho

Published: 2022-01-28T13:02:14Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Pedro Gil Carvalho](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pedro-gil-carvalho.md>)

Topics: [Code Challenge](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-challenge.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>)

Tags: [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [technical-interview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical-interview.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary examines the role of take-home coding challenges in developer hiring. It argues that, despite concerns about candidate burden and lengthy hiring processes, standardized challenges can provide relevant and comparable work samples, while automated testing tools may lack nuance.

## Source excerpt

In defense of the take-home coding challenge