- On one extreme, you have employers who are abusive during interviews. They record you, treat you like a cheater, forbid you from alt-tabbing or anything that you would normally do while on the actual job, ask for trivia knowledge you'd normally google, and when reviewing take home challenges they are very strict. I assume this is because they have droves of candidates and can mistreat candidates till they find the perfect one?
- On the other extreme, you have garbage consultancy/software factory work. Low quality, outdated tech, low pay, and they'll hire anybody who can demonstrate minimal expertise since they aren't interested in quality work but in selling billable hours.
I expect what reasonable people want is a decent job which pays well, is not mind-numbingly boring and that challenges you, but also they don't want to be subjected to the humiliation of abusive interview processes that quiz on trivia and treat them like cheaters?
I'm seeing more and more of the first kind of process, sadly.