Totally agree! I've been getting hit up by FAANG recruiters (and other companies) non-stop this year.
I live in Los Angeles where companies never did this type of interview when I last got a new job (4+ years ago) so I had to grind LeetCode for several months then didn't get the job I studied for even though I got all questions right (I was a little slow on some of them). I kind of resent it because I know my time can be much better spent (keeping up on security topics for example).
The process is so bad it makes me hope to be no longer doing software development as a employee sooner than later.
I live in Los Angeles where companies never did this type of interview when I last got a new job (4+ years ago) so I had to grind LeetCode for several months then didn't get the job I studied for even though I got all questions right (I was a little slow on some of them). I kind of resent it because I know my time can be much better spent (keeping up on security topics for example).
The process is so bad it makes me hope to be no longer doing software development as a employee sooner than later.