I'm reading a little between the lines of your comment, but two possible interpretations of your post are: 1) You've had the good fortune to work with good rec

I'm reading a little between the lines of your comment, but two possible interpretations of your post are: 1) You've had the good fortune to work with good recruiters/HR reps, and 2) You're a qualified candidate for the role they're bringing you in for. I say that because of an HN comment I saw from a recruiter (maybe Aline Lerner? Don't remember) that they typically send in one unqualified candidate to interview for a role first, no matter what. That's because the hiring committee always - always - has an itchy trigger finger to reject the first candidate. I'd have to imagine that a recruiter worth their salt would learn this lesson as well; you don't get good at something like recruiting without learning similar hard lessons as the other good people in the field. Point being: the recruiter was trying to give you an idea of what to expect in your on-site, because they thought you were good, and they thought you'd be introduced at a point in the process where you could actually succeed. (The hiring committee having already gotten their itch to reject a candidate out of their collective system.)