[ornornor]

My theory is that they’re looking for compliant, docile employees who won’t have the courage or the liberty to refuse unpaid overtime demands or complain about shitty stressful work conditions.

By having such an abuse and convoluted requirement for applying, you’re selecting for people in this situation. Then all you have to do is hire the best on the technical solution and you’ve got one more employee you can abuse in your company :)