Even fresh out of college with very little to offer (in a different industry than tech) I was not asked to do this. It sounds like you're dealing with some shad

Even fresh out of college with very little to offer (in a different industry than tech) I was not asked to do this. It sounds like you're dealing with some shady recruiters, and that's a shame because there are some good ones out there. I only got my start in tech because a recruiter advocated for me to get an entry level gig. That gig was several states away and a series of online interviews plus several code examples sufficed.