Personal opinion: take home tests are way less work for the employer and than the candidate in an already asymmetric relationship (or can be).
Personal experience: I have never had an interview last more than an hour. I have also been hired twice on a "just trust me" model and it worked reasonably well.
Personal experience: I have never had an interview last more than an hour. I have also been hired twice on a "just trust me" model and it worked reasonably well.