No one is doubting the risk mitigation, which is why the process exists in first place. But the BS of wasting someones time also needs to be addressed. The reason most companies waste peoples time is because they are too busy with abstract concepts tangentally related to the actual job, and theoretical models by some "expert" of HR management. Software engineering has become a psuedo-religious exercise in computing witchcraft.
If you want a backend engineer - book a few hours, even on a weekend, set up an IDE and get on a real world project. No bullshit. Build a small API to these requirements, using these technologies but take care of edge cases and deploy that bad boy.
If you want a backend engineer - book a few hours, even on a weekend, set up an IDE and get on a real world project. No bullshit. Build a small API to these requirements, using these technologies but take care of edge cases and deploy that bad boy.