Assessment

Take-Home Assignment Email

An email delivering a take-home coding or design assignment with clear instructions and deadlines.

Subject Line Options

Take-home assignment for [Role] at [Company_Name]
Next step: [Role] take-home exercise — details inside
[Candidate_Name], here's your [Role] assessment

Email Body

Hi [Candidate_Name],

Thank you for your continued interest in the [Role] position at [Company_Name]. As the next step in our process, we'd like to share a take-home assignment.

Assignment Overview:

The goal of this exercise is to [Brief_Purpose_Statement]. We've designed it to reflect the type of work you'd actually do in this role.

Details:

- Assignment: [Assignment_Link_or_Attachment]

- Expected time: [Expected_Duration] (please don't spend more than this)

- Deadline: [Deadline_Date_and_Time] ([Timezone])

- Submission: Reply to this email with your solution or submit via [Submission_Method]

What We're Looking For:

- [Evaluation_Criterion_1]

- [Evaluation_Criterion_2]

- [Evaluation_Criterion_3]

- We value clean, well-structured work over a feature-complete solution

Important Notes:

- Use whatever tools, libraries, and resources you normally would

- If anything is unclear, please ask — we'd rather clarify than have you guess

- If the deadline doesn't work with your schedule, let me know and we'll adjust

We respect your time and appreciate the effort you're putting into this process. Once we receive your submission, we'll review it within [Review_Timeframe] and follow up with next steps.

Good luck, and feel free to reach out with any questions!

Best,

[Recruiter_Name]

[Recruiter_Title] at [Company_Name]