Figure out who you are as a team
Whether I’m building a team from scratch or performing maintenance as members come and go, I’ve found it so important to prioritize exercises that help us co-create our identity as a team.
If you're issuing take home tests, you're doing it wrong
If you're looking to mature your own design practice or to learn from those who have, don't embarrass yourselves or insult the candidate by giving a take home test that will tell you very little about what working together would actually be like.