It's insulting when a company is the one to reach out to someone who is senior, and already employed, but then added to some pipeline where you are expected to

It's insulting when a company is the one to reach out to someone who is senior, and already employed, but then added to some pipeline where you are expected to first jump through hoops like technical quizzes. Demonstrate you've done "preparation" for interview, asked why you want to work for company X, etc. Smaller companies shouldn't delude themselves they are some FAANG type company with huge comp that thousands of people want to work for.