Depending on the company and current economic situation, they might just have to swallow. With the layoffs right now, employers have the upper hand and candidat

Depending on the company and current economic situation, they might just have to swallow. With the layoffs right now, employers have the upper hand and candidates are well advised to just comply and do the test. But there were also reports on HN that before the layoff wave, they'd get 2-3 applications per year for a senior position. It is of course any employers right to continue applying the same hiring standards as eg. FAANG/Big Tech would. But if I were the employer, a better strategy in such a situation would be to just swallow that I can't pick and choose if I have nothing to offer for leverage :) I'm sure you're smart enough to realize that what I'm hinting at is that the job market is a _market_ and that employees don't have to put up with every bullshit depending on the market conditions.