This is why I refuse to participate in tech industry job interviews. Thus far, I've managed to get enough work in a freelance capacity mostly through referrals

This is why I refuse to participate in tech industry job interviews. Thus far, I've managed to get enough work in a freelance capacity mostly through referrals and my personal network to avoid having to go down that route. I think it's the height of hypocrisy that tech companies complain that they can't find enough good candidates and how hard hiring is, yet the absurd processes they use actually turn off some good candidates who just aren't interested in playing the game. Kudos to the author for being so forthcoming about his experience. Maybe if enough programmers start making a big stink about this problem, something will actually get done about it.