{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Take-Home Evaluation Fatigue & Asymmetry",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-006"
    ],
    "content": "# Take-Home Evaluation Fatigue & Asymmetry\n\nReviewers perform hurried 5-minute scans of complex 15-hour take-home projects, missing subtle architectural patterns and tests.\n\n### Structural Context\n- **Actor:** `hiring-manager`\n- **Nature:** `noise`\n- **Removability:** `none`\n\n### Causal Relations\n- Amplifies `M-012` — Interview Resource & Scheduling Saturation\n- Masks `M-001` — Genuine Technical Skill Shortfall\n\n### Non-Inferences\n- Take-home rejection under evaluation fatigue does not measure true software engineering craftsmanship.",
    "id": "M-019",
    "type": "mechanism",
    "summary": "Reviewers perform hurried 5-minute scans of complex 15-hour take-home projects, missing subtle architectural patterns and tests.",
    "operates_at": [
      "B-006"
    ],
    "emissions": [
      {
        "artifact": "A-006",
        "fidelity": "noise",
        "likelihood": "medium",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-006"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "A-002",
        "fidelity": "euphemism",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-001"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "facets": {
      "actor": "hiring-manager",
      "nature": "noise",
      "visibility": "opaque",
      "removability": "none"
    },
    "amplifies": [
      "M-012"
    ],
    "masks": [
      "M-001"
    ],
    "evidence_level": "supported",
    "honest_baseline": false,
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "note",
        "label": "Review record for a 15-hour submission",
        "lines": [
          {
            "text": "Submission: 41 files, 78 tests, migrations, README with design rationale.",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Reviewer time logged: 6 minutes. Files opened: 3.",
            "tell": true
          },
          {
            "text": "Note: no tests visible, structure unclear.",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "The note is false about the submission and true about the review. The asymmetry between the two efforts is the mechanism."
      }
    ],
    "non_inferences": [
      "Take-home rejection under evaluation fatigue does not measure true software engineering craftsmanship."
    ]
  }
}