Take-home tasks deserve a separate line of sight because they compete with existing work and often have a fixed return date.
A practical workflow
Use the following as a working sequence, then adapt it to the companies and conversations in front of you.
- Record received date, deadline and expected format
- Track questions sent to the company
- Link the final submission to the relevant interview stage
Keep the system workable
Keep one clear record for the opportunity, its current stage, the people involved and the next action. That gives you enough structure to return to the search without adding ceremony.
Candidate keeps this context together so a useful update after an application, conversation or exercise does not need to be copied across several tools.