It seems very odd to me to treat the job application process in this way. If nothing else, interviews are pretty much an all-day affair, at least in the sense t

It seems very odd to me to treat the job application process in this way. If nothing else, interviews are pretty much an all-day affair, at least in the sense that even if you have a short one, it's still going to be tough to schedule 2 in a day. Add that onto how many companies want multiple rounds of interviews, phone screens, take-home projects, etc and you get that you want to have a good idea that you actually want to work for a company before you apply and go for an interview. That doesn't mesh very well with writing scripts to mass-apply to companies and going on multiple dozens of interviews.