The entire software interviewing mindset is horrible: the interviewee has no idea at any given time if the interviewer is actually looking for : versatility, ye

The entire software interviewing mindset is horrible: the interviewee has no idea at any given time if the interviewer is actually looking for : versatility, years of experience in one particular language, generality, experience in their EXACT stack, the ability to follow exact dumb/arbitrary rules/procedures, social tolerance to managers making dumb and arbitrary decisions, will you spill the beans about your previous employers illegal and dumb acts, do you know about our exact industry, does it seem like we can exploit you for as long as possible with minimal raises, do you follow the same esoteric "clean code" rules we have chosen all of our previous hires for, or any other random thing that they will never articulate to you. While good employees are always just thinking: cool i will try something smart to make them think i am smart, or ok i will follow these dumb exact things to make sure they know i am obedient, jesus christ why cant i just play a video of me doing this from last week, i guess i better try it a different way since that way didnt get me hired, i guess i need to dance this angle to the moon this time... At least AI will stop all of this nonsense