I'm actively interviewing. I don't think hiring is broken, but I think some companies get lazy or even abuse it. If we get the abuses down, and require less of

I'm actively interviewing. I don't think hiring is broken, but I think some companies get lazy or even abuse it. If we get the abuses down, and require less of a time commitment (no 8 hour take-homes), I think there'd be less complaints. The key takeaway is that rejection hurts emotionally. Programmers who care about coding, take the rejection personally. Less time commitment, less hurt.