These days, it needs to be very clearly an example project/feature/whatever the take home is.

If it even remotely smells like "real work" I'd be inclined to pass. I don't need to do work for free, or use my tokens for them either

The staff data engineer I work with refuses to do them. Most companies just continue with the interview process after that. I never knew that was an option. lol Probably because I’m not at his level yet but yeah I don’t care for them now. Let me do your dumb leet code questions and let me go back to my day.

Stick to not doing take homes. Even with the work email address of a hiring manager, after spending a full day on a take-home, he didn't reply. I emailed twice and no reply.