> If I can get a similarly-paying job at a place that doesn't do this, I'll skip you.

Just wanted to back this up a little bit. This is exactly what happened to me on my last job search.

I was interviewing with 5-6 companies. It didn’t make sense for me to spend a whole weekend for a chance at an offer from a single company. Instead I spent that time brushing up on design. In hindsight that was the right call.