It seems more like a sign of the current hiring climate. There have been a lot of layoffs and contractions in tech, and so companies are getting flooded with ap

It seems more like a sign of the current hiring climate. There have been a lot of layoffs and contractions in tech, and so companies are getting flooded with applicants (many of whom may not be accurately representing their skills). My assumption is that these tests are lower effort ways to effectively weed out a large portion of applicants.