Hiring is broken for sure, especially corporate hiring! However, please don’t give up — and know that articles like these really do make a difference in time!

Definitely ignore all the people who complain about your 100% valid concerns. Their opinions are, frankly, irrelevant since they’ve not had enough experience with the problem to understand it.

Take some time away from the interview process. After all, the software industry, in all its fucked glory, will still be here whenever you want to come back :)