Yes, hiring is ridiculous at big tech companies that everybody wants to work for. Asking a ton of CS questions is justified if the job is actually CS heavy, but

Yes, hiring is ridiculous at big tech companies that everybody wants to work for. Asking a ton of CS questions is justified if the job is actually CS heavy, but most front end jobs aren't. The dentist analogy is spot on. My recommendation is to apply to smaller, lesser known companies. Much much less bullshit and time wasting. There are enough jobs out there that you don't have to deal with this bullshit. Time spent on learning extraneous knowledge solely for the purpose of passing interviews for jobs that don't actually utilize such knowledge is a massive waste of society's resources.