I've switched jobs (software) recently (after 6.5 years).

While searching for jobs, I went once through the "now-standard" hiring procedure for an employer, that included an automated test with programming and IQ-test like questions. It was the 1st time I went through it.

I think that a college freshman might have done better in some of the questions, regardless that I have ~15 years of experience. Also the software they used (their own product I was supposed to work on) had a bug in the report, that falsely indicated I hadn't completed one of the tests.

The whole experience was a. Stressful b. Somewhat irrelevant to my skillset c. Totally dehumanizing

Long story short, I started looking for opportunities using my connections etc, and settled for a job with less $$ but hopefully less bullsh*t too.