The only real loophole I've seen is becoming a freelancer. You approach them as a salesperson, not an engineer. You sell the ability to complete the project as

The only real loophole I've seen is becoming a freelancer. You approach them as a salesperson, not an engineer. You sell the ability to complete the project as requested. This mostly works with non-technical clients, though technical clients will almost always be less strict about it - if they had the resources to run someone through the full gauntlet, they'd do that and save a little money. I did pass one interview out of sheer luck. Small startup, their core person left and they had a tight deadline (i.e. waterfall). CTO asked me my opinion on architectures and stuff, I pulled out my laptop which was covering a lecture on architecture I was doing at that time. He was impressed, we agreed on culture and pay and stuff, and they offered the job the next day. One hour interview. Interviews are two way though, and you should always evaluate that they have a competent team if they let you skip the coding interviews.