Vfenext,
I may have agreed with you in the past. But now I am hearing many stories of bad, unprofessional treatment of potential new joiners throughout the process. Those successful and those not.
Its a disgraceful way to treat people. If people are concerned by the rumours they hear on this forum, this treatment from the company itself before they have even passed or failed an assessment will not sure up their confidence.
And as these people are messed around, they're not sitting doing nothing. They are passing assessments with our rivals.