Good for you. As a hiring manager I want to see achievement. I want to see what someone has built. I commend you, BTW, for testing because I know what a grueling task grading those tests can be.
Thanks. The way I do technical testing is in a sandbox environment. The applicant gets the tools that he would use in the positon, a slate of typical tasks (from elementary to mildly difficult) and thirty minutes to one hour to perform them, depending on the position.
The test tends to be self-grading. The applicants who complain or don't try are right out. The ones who make the attempt often merit further consideration and the ones who ace the test have me as their strongest advocate. The best candidates come to me afterwards with suggestions on how to improve the tests. I'll storm the gates of h*ll to get those kind of people into the organization.