Whenever a company shows a too-big-to-care-about-candidate-experience attitude it's a symptom of their weakness not power. It's the sad aspect of scaling the organization without establishing a strong culture.
Exactly. This entire thread is an illustration of why, out of all of the things that startup founders have to worry about, the fear of being outcompeted by a megacorporation (OMG! What if Google/Apple/Microsoft is working on the same thing we're working on?) should not be one of them.