I have a theory of why most of these changes in the job hunt came about: people became afraid of firing. That in itself isn't unreasonable. While much of the U

I have a theory of why most of these changes in the job hunt came about: people became afraid of firing. That in itself isn't unreasonable. While much of the US has at-will employment, most of the rest of the world does not, and hiring the wrong person can be extremely expensive. However, I suspect with current hiring trends we should not attribute to malice that which can be sufficiently explained by incompetence.