This hasn't been my experience in general. Most of my hard interviews were at startups. To sound old and jaded, I think a lot of it has to do with the startup mentality "we only hire the top 0.0001% of coders " . Once you've been in the business for years you realize the fallacy of that thinking and try to hire good coders with a focus on finding people fun to work with.
Most big companies I applied at had about half of the grilling and the rest of the interview was "culture fit"
Most big companies I applied at had about half of the grilling and the rest of the interview was "culture fit"