We're going to get downvoted for this opinion unfortunately. HN is both a place where people say the state of software interviews is terrible and yet will downvote any attempts to actually point out the obvious. Sorry stranger, I took many a downvote also for the same opinion.

Haha, on most threads other than this the fact that the swe skillset is now just agent operation is the norm. it'd be like hiring an accountant but only if they know how to use an abacus. There's a separate interview process culture though that's disconnected from the reality of actually working.