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L Loop (L-002) Evidence: supported

Take-Home Opportunity-Cost Saturation Loop

Candidates invest heavy hours into unbounded take-home assignments, reducing bandwidth for applications, while reviewers suffer evaluation fatigue.

Reinforcing Cycle Edges (SCC)

M-012 (Interview Resource & Scheduling Saturation)
→ amplifies →
M-019 (Take-Home Evaluation Fatigue & Asymmetry)
M-019 (Take-Home Evaluation Fatigue & Asymmetry)
→ amplifies →
M-012 (Interview Resource & Scheduling Saturation)

Participating Mechanisms (2)

M-012 intermediary
Interview Resource & Scheduling Saturation

Engineering interviewers are overwhelmed with sprint commitments, leading to calendar fragmentation, rush reviews, or dropped loops.
M-019 none
Take-Home Evaluation Fatigue & Asymmetry

Reviewers perform hurried 5-minute scans of complex 15-hour take-home projects, missing subtle architectural patterns and tests.

Interventions Proposed to Break This Cycle:

I-006: Strict Take-Home Timebox & Blinded Evaluation Rubric

Enforce strict 3-hour scope limits on take-homes, compensate candidates for extended samples, and grade submissions blind.