Thankfully in many regions we still have the choice not to go through hiring games.
Here's what I like about interviews:
(1) I get to talk about myself and how great I am without people rolling their eyes at me.
(2) I get to solve a fun puzzle with:
(2)(a) A defined answer.
(2)(b) That I never have to maintain.
(2)(c) With a potential financial windfall at the end.
If you happen to do coding exercises at all, they are just basic tasks like implement a linked list data structure, count the number of words on a file and such.
Answer some trivia about the language you are supposed to use, e.g. when should you use a struct in C#.
Luckly only startups over here are somehow into SV hiring culture, which still leaves plenty of others with job offers available.