Why not call it an audition? Until we have established a name (track record) for ourselves, and/or have a number of respected people vouch for us, we are calle

Why not call it an audition? Until we have established a name (track record) for ourselves, and/or have a number of respected people vouch for us, we are called on to demonstrate our skills, just as musicians and actors are. In principle, I think this is reasonable, especially since there are reportedly many fakers and exaggerators applying for jobs. In practice, it appears that there are so many shoddy auditions that we must endure when looking for a job, that it becomes almost a full-time waste of time. This is unreasonable, methinks. The problem will become serious when nearly every company that is hiring runs a low-quality dog and pony show in which we must perform, or not be hired. We can already see an analogous issue in the ubiquitous presence of objectionable binding mandatory arbitration clauses in seemingly every contract we sign nowadays.