I don’t mind everything being calls, in fact I find more security in that since they are generally harder to “fake” than emails or other text-based media. i.e.

I don’t mind everything being calls, in fact I find more security in that since they are generally harder to “fake” than emails or other text-based media. i.e. A high quality call gives me higher confidence in the company than a high quality email. What I have always been frustrated by is recruiters - with no technical experience - being the gatekeepers of technical positions. I have always felt if I could just call the actual team or whoever for the position I am interested in, it would be better. I find it annoying when recruiters have just been coached on the “surface level” of a technica problem without ever having genuinely solved it or been in my shoes themselves.