Your approach seems sensible as a freelancer. Hope it works out for you! But I don&#x27;t think it would work for someone who&#x27;s full-time employed looking for another full-time employer:<p>1. People can&#x27;t just take two weeks off to go code for another company.<p>2. With so many other candidates out there, a company is typically not going to bother with an &quot;eccentric&quot; who refuses to interview. (not saying you are eccentric, just that&#x27;s how you&#x27;ll appear next to the other 100 traditional &quot;interview me I need a job!&quot; applicants)<p>I&#x27;ve seen #2 play out in real life. Company interviewed a guy who refused to do any code on a whiteboard, even simple fizzbuzzy stuff, pointing to his multi-decade resume full of big name companies and high-profile projects as proof that he&#x27;s good. The company&#x27;s response was basically &quot;OK, there&#x27;s the door&quot;.