The technical interviews are not meant to judge your current experience or work quality. They de-facto measure one's ability to research, memorize and explain t

The technical interviews are not meant to judge your current experience or work quality. They de-facto measure one's ability to research, memorize and explain the top X asked questions/problems in the field. So most of the people "just doing work" wouldn't pass them just because they haven spent any time on that weird social dance. Once they become cynical about the whole process and do what others do, they will be just fine. P.S. I'm not defending the current situation, I am merely trying to summarize it from the a practical point of view (i.e. action X increases the chance of outcome Y).