In my experience, while applying to jobs, I've found that recruiters have become too entitled, and even if you're 100% fit for the job ad you're applying to, th

In my experience, while applying to jobs, I've found that recruiters have become too entitled, and even if you're 100% fit for the job ad you're applying to, they still want to force some random process on you. I understand recruiters have the incentive to lowball you and play hardball when you're trying to find, at the bare least, the salary range. Still, sometimes you're literally overqualified and willing to take a bit less, but that entitled attitude deters a perfectly fitting candidate from applying. Then you start to post high-quality stuff on LinkedIn, HN or elsewhere, and when they don't find another candidate to lowball, they seem to regret it. The approach recruiters apparently take is about thinking that candidates are cattle, numbers on their HR system.