I prefer the take home text. Less stress and I can really show what I know. Sure it's time consuming, but I always try to have fun with it. If I get a take home test, and it's writing some code, I know I have a shoe in the door.

I interviewed at one of these companies in the list. I'm nobody special, did the test, did the interviews which were more about doing the work and how it gets done and I how I think about it, and they made me a really good offer which I accepted.