It sounds like you are trying to excuse an embarrassingly bad interviewing process.

Bad because it select people who can handle stress and distraction and doesn't complain? If that what they looking for then I see no problem with it. They are free to select whatever criteria they see fit.

The way they interview in my work place these days also hard and imo ridiculous but yet they still find someone who meet all the criteria.

> Bad because it select people who can handle stress and distraction and doesn't complain?

Bad because they don't eliminate the stress (as much as possible) and distraction.

Well assuming the purpose are to select candidate that can handle those then it doesn't make sense to eliminate those.

Exactly. It's a glimpse into what they value most in candidates which is indicative of the culture.

If you want to work somewhere full of distractions, crappy hardware, and lots of stress then look for those kinds of interviews.

Which is not necessarily bad. It's relative.

If you're into that kind of lifestyle day after day, sure.

Not for me but I'm sure there are other who are okay with that lifestyle. To each their own.

True. It's a culture of burning people to the ground because they're disposable. Not everyone is into that.