[spaetzleesser]

“Do these people not realize how annoying their process is and how talented people don’t have to put up with crap like this?”

Easy. They select for compliance, not skill.

[protomolecule]

"We don't need smart ones. We need loyal." -- from a classic Soviet sci-fi book [0] which wasn't really about a different planet.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_to_Be_a_God

[PainfullyNormal]

Then they have no business complaining about how hard it is to find qualified candidates.