That has been my own experience as well. I noticed that companies with rigid hiring processes usually also have rigid development processes and those are indee

That has been my own experience as well. I noticed that companies with rigid hiring processes usually also have rigid development processes and those are indeed highly toxic to experienced engineers. I've seen my share of companies whose senior engineers were quite below average, but since they have no other engineers to compare to they come out as rock stars! This is in stark contrast to companies whose hiring processes are tuned towards more experienced folks.