> I think it also helps to remember that interviews are two-way. If you see a company with an insane interview process, do you really have confidence in the quality of a team you’d be on when you got to the other side of it?

Exactly this. As someone who works primarily on frontend, I immediately disqualify any company whose frontend interview process for seniors+ doesn't involve actually building a frontend app/page/component/etc.

If I was ok with the prospect of working on a team with senior frontend engineers whose only competency was cramming leetcode, I might as well work at one of the tech giants.