I am always looking for opportunities to make organizations more efficient. The hiring process has a common set of questions asked in phone screens and interviews. Now you can review my answers on your own time (I love it when things can be done asynchronously) and make a more informed decision before investing time with me. When we do talk, we can focus on the details (me and the role) and determine fit.
Caveats
Part of interviewing is evaluating a person's verbal communication style. You won't get that here (let's chat!), but this does preview my asynchronous communication style.
This doesn't allow my answers to cater to the specific role.
Win for me too
I like writing and getting people on the same page, so this is a way to demonstrate it (on my least favorite subject, myself). I am hoping this means we can spend the interview talking about project details, technical chops, the role/company...less of me.