I agree with you only for places like Silicon Valley. It can totally be automated. You'd hear the exact same speech if you were to apply at 5 different companie

I agree with you only for places like Silicon Valley. It can totally be automated. You'd hear the exact same speech if you were to apply at 5 different companies at the same time. You would go through the exact same process, you would be treated exactly like any other candidate, forget about customized experience, your past projects are completely obsolete here it's all about the pen, a whiteboard and a lot of repetitive immature college-like questions. So, simply replace the name of the company, rinse and repeat. On top of that, from my linkedin I see the same recruiters moving around from one company to another every 1-2 years. You may find yourself talking to the same recruiter from company A now that you're applying at company B. I don't know outside of SV if recruiters sound like a broken record too...