[Kephael]

This is wrong, for a programming interview FAANG and friends care greatly about mitigating legal risk and would not treat them any differently. Interviewers typically have their own questions and may have only glanced at the resume.

[darkwizard42]

This kind of candidate would be handheld by a very specific part of the recruiting team who would no doubt realize that they are dealing with someone VERY exceptional...

This is not to say that they would get preferential treatment in getting through the interview, but this person would not be interviewed like a regular SWE but by a specialized committee (one probably filled with more research-minded engineering staff)

Similarly, the questions would be tailored differently because the expectation of a research mind would NOT be strictly coding features / fixing bugs, but probably doing research

[Kephael]

There are very specific coding expectations for applied scientists and research interns at these companies. They are not going to allow someone to skip these.

[darawk]

There is no legal risk for fast tracking exceptional people.