I totally get what you’re saying, and for entry and low level jobs, a little goes a long way.
I worked in a factory for 20 years. When I started there, you largely got hired on a referral from a current employee, and a short interview with HR.
By the time I left, you had to apply with the local employment office, interview 3 times and pass 2 written tests. One of the jobs, literally, was to take a pre-counted stack of tortillas out of a counter and put them on a belt with a self-positioning peg to go into the wrapper. Another job was throwing a packet of taco sauce on a package of tortillas as they passed by on a conveyor.
When I started there the plant manager was proud of the fact that he’d started working for the company on sanitation. When I left, you couldn’t be a manager without a college degree.
Seems to me the whole interview process has become a way for a lot of mid-level HR people to justify having jobs. Most of the people answering “No” here are educated and seeking jobs that they have qualified for by training and education. Jobs they want at least as much as need.