It's more about power than hiring in those cases. My fave interview was when I was still in college I think the recruiter messed up and put me up for a sr role

It's more about power than hiring in those cases. My fave interview was when I was still in college I think the recruiter messed up and put me up for a sr role or maybe the company was a true unicorn: very few generic HR hoops, and heavy on the interesting problem solving with engineers. Aside from that particular company I had weeks of HR screens, re-fill out your race/gender please(?) emails, and lots of time wasting that was a very very stark contrast for sure.