I would recommend giving them an excuse to not put you through the gauntlet. I got pretty tired of the boilerplate technical recruiter questions, so I created

I would recommend giving them an excuse to not put you through the gauntlet. I got pretty tired of the boilerplate technical recruiter questions, so I created a public github repo and starred it so that it is super visible for anyone who wants to vet my skills (or lack thereof). Having a strong professional network is also incredibly useful. When you are 1 hop away from the hiring manager, you'll move faster. With those two pieces in place, you've answered the fundamental questions of 'do you know what we need you to do?' and 'are you a reliable human?'.