In a fantasy land that might be the case but being one of 10-1000 people in the early funnel, you as an applicant have zero leverage. No one has a vested intere

In a fantasy land that might be the case but being one of 10-1000 people in the early funnel, you as an applicant have zero leverage. No one has a vested interest in moving you forward when you go against their process. Heck, they’re probably happy to whittle down the pool because you had an “attitude” or some other nonsense reason. Personally I prefer a take home over a full day technical whitebording on-site which is my idea of hell. But unfortunately many companies do both in the same loop instead of one or the other