The companies that remove the human touch from hiring will rapidly wither and die, leaving the real talent for the rest of us who value people over process.
My first job as a developer in 2006 I sat with the lead developer, had a very comfortable chat about things I had built, things I was interested in both related to programming and otherwise. Conversation turned to math and algorithms a little bit. He stepped out and came back with an offer. Whole thing took maybe 45 minutes.
I honestly feel as far as interviews have gone, it did the best of honestly sizing me up as a person.
Most companies don’t operate anywhere close to this scale and should not imitate this same hiring process.
This group will keep shrinking though.
We software engineers are used to be in high demand and somehow short supply, even now when it's taking me more than two months to find a new position. In many other industries supply noticeably exceeds demand, and people would go to great lengths and jump through really silly hoops just to get hired.