> I think you're viewing the "good old days" of interviewing through the lens of nostalgia. Old school interviewing from decades ago or even more recently was significantly more similar to pledging to a frat than modern interviews.

Yeah, no, not at all. Interviewing in the 90s was just a cool chat between hackers. What interesting stuff have you built, let's talk about it. None of the confrontational leetcode nonsense of later years.

I still refuse to participate in that nonsense, so I'll never make people go through such interviews. I've only hired two awesome people this year, so less than a drop in the bucket, but I'll continue to do what I can to keep some sanity in the interviewing in this industry.