What's the best way to test practical skills when hiring remotely?

It’s so tough to judge technical talent right now when you can just prompt an LLM in two seconds during a video call. The traditional Q&A format feels totally broken because it rewards the best prompters not necessarily the best builders.

We started giving candidates small unpolished take home projects that require actual context and company specific logic rather than generic textbook solutions.

What kind of interview setup has actually worked for you lately?