>Do you think people from these groups are inherently unable to pass the same interview?

I've had two job search workers insist on those "top of funnel" tactics when I searched for a job and when I refused two separate workers refused to give me an interview through anything but a diversity recruiter. I didn't really want to take a job from somebody who would hire me just because I went over one of their lines and checked the right boxes and not because I was the best.