>>19164859Because the market in heavily in favor of companies.
It's the law of supply and demand: when you have millions of people looking for a few jobs, these jobs are gonna become extremely selective.
>Is there any sort of law that was passed or cultural shift that caused interviews to turn into a slog?Overeducation and migrants. Everyone's getting a degree these days but there's not enough qualified jobs for everyone. Migrants are flooding both white-collar and blue-collar job markets.