Two non developer anecdotes from what I’ve heard or seen
Solutions Architect - answer the soft skill questions aka “tell me about a time when..” and they had to do a writing sample either a sales blog post or an SOW.
Project Manager - same soft skill questions, talk about processes, previous challenges and outcomes. Maybe do a simplified project plan.
Are those the types of take home tasks you are referring to for non developer roles? Just curious.
I've done sales engineering and solutions architecture for years and never once written a sales blog post. I'm not sure how I'd respond to that if I was asked to do it.
SOW also seems tricky... I'm usually putting out 27+ SOWs, and there is a lot of "standard language" cut-n-paste.
It's not an unguided take home. It's an interactive gig, imagine a process to demonstrate your skill. eg: when hiring a PM, we'd have them demonstrate, same with Architect - my whole process is about SHOW rather than tell.
Solutions Architect - answer the soft skill questions aka “tell me about a time when..” and they had to do a writing sample either a sales blog post or an SOW.
Project Manager - same soft skill questions, talk about processes, previous challenges and outcomes. Maybe do a simplified project plan.
Are those the types of take home tasks you are referring to for non developer roles? Just curious.