The inconvenient truth is that everything circles back to in-person interviews.

The article addresses this:

>A lot of companies are doing RTO, but even companies that are 100% in-office still interview candidates from other cities. Spending money to fly every candidate out without an aggressive pre-screen is too wasteful.

No, accidently hiring someone who AI'd their way through the interview costs orders of magnitude more to undo. It's absolutely worth paying for a round trip flight and a couple days of accommodations.