This happened to me about a year ago.

Crooter reached out. Big job, big firm, good pay. Then they dropped the "We need you on camera to do a code screen with our AI bot." To add insult to injury, they wanted me to install a fucking anticheat spyware extension to my Chrome. "Oh, don't worry, it'll self-delete after. It's just part of the process."

I said no. Passed on the job.

You do NOT make me install spyware on MY fucking computer as a condition of employment. If you want to encrust my work PC with "endpoint security" and that, fine. I'll network-isolate it and get to work.

The AI shit is a separate issue. I need a human in the loop with real technical chops to evaluate my work and my interview, because an enthusiast is more likely to recognize what I bring to the table as a fellow enthusiast. Whatever HR spaghetti they put into the machine is likely designed to catch and red-flag people like me, because the C suite and HR have a vastly different idea of what a "good employee" looks like.

So yeah, fuck 'em.